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William Blake.
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Biographical information.
William Blake was born in Solo district of London, England on November 28, 1757. He
briefly attended school where most of his education was performed at home. In his early
childhood, the bible had profound impact on him and remained a lifestyle source of inspiration
and clouded most of his work with intense spirituality. At an early age, he primarily liked writing
and he claimed that his first vision was about a tree full of angles when he was just ten years of
age. As a result, he studies and developed interests in Gothic Art that he adequately incorporated
in his unique artworks. Save for his late years of artistic work and poetry, his early years were
misunderstood only to find admirers in the late years till his demise in 1829. Gothic art is a kind
of art that sprung in the Northern France out of Romanesque in the 12th
century AD as a result of
influence of Gothic architecture. Basically it was painting of sculptures, and architectures. The
primary media that was used was panel painting, illuminated manuscript fresco, strained glass
and sculpture.
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As a aforementioned, Blake started experiencing visions and most of his friend called
Henry Crabb who was a journalist then wrote that Blake saw God’s head when he was four and
allegedly, the artist saw prophet Ezekiel under the with angles on the tree. As a result, these
visions would have a lasting impact on his writing and artist works. After getting enrolled in
Henry Par’s drawing school, Blake draw sketch of human from plasters of ancient statues. Later
he was sent to Westminster Abbey to make artistic works of monuments and tombs. He began
collecting prints of artist who fell out of Vogue time. Such artist included Michelangelo, Durer,
and Raphael. He rejected the Elizabethan preference trend of the 18 century. After his brother
death, he saw vision of his diseased brother and claimed that his brothers brought him new
methods of printing called “illuminated printing” that allowed him to control all aspect of
production of art at the time. After becoming stashed engraver, Blake received invitations for
commissions to paint watercolors and Milton, Dante, Bible, Shakespeare scenes paints. His later
years were strained with trouble especially when he was accused of seditions. His favorite quote
was “Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
Artist Comparison/Contrast
William Blake’s works were influenced by works of Michelangelo. His works borrowed
from motif, and style from Michelangelo in color printing drawings. Just like Michelangelo’s
works, Blake’s works were organized on the pictorial program of the Sistine ceiling. They both
have a range of subject matters which express almost similar emotions and basic concepts. Blake
works borrowed from Michelangelo’s in the musculature and the brooding. They have similar
schematic simplicity and dramatic postures. For instance, Joshua of Arimathea among the rocks
of Albion by Blake borrows from Michelangelo’s frescos Crucifixion of St. Peter (Belle 1).
Unlike Michelangelo art work, Blake’s work provide a darker vision of human consciousness
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and biblical conceptual scheme. While Michelangelo’s Sistine of Adams provide a divine
intellect, Blake’s gives an imprisoning body. Blake’s work were also influenced by Rachael’s
work. Both Raphael and Blake were watercolorist art whose painting were influence by the
romantic art designs. Unlike Raphael, Blake’s work never included lesser works like landscapes
and posture. Most of his painting included personal variants on the notions of history painting.
He had an intuitive where majority of his artwork had a body Centre with a similar scale,
however the scaling of the painting were covered in large landscape (Prodger 1). Unlike
Michelangelo and Raphael works, Blake’s works were tied to the illustrations from the Dante,
Shakespeare, Milton, Bible and Bunyan as their basis of his visual innovative works. Blake’s
incorporated the visions of angels, self-inventions and religious and political non-conformations
in his art works.
Contextual Understanding
Socially, Blake’s revision influence from social movement of Christianity, as such, most
of his painting depict Angles and Christian views in the bible. Most of the Blake’s artistic work
came from his personal conviction and visions. For instance, Blake’s “The Ancient of Days”
which is one of Blake’s known art is fictional work that forms part of the artistic complex
mythology that embodies the law, spirit of reasons with reference to Blake’s moral universe.
Following his brothers death from tuberculosis, Blake’s claimed that he received vision from his
brother on how to have control of art, something he called “illuminated printing”. He
incorporated those skills into painting. At time when he was an established arts, he claimed that
certain historical figures and image appeared to him and influenced his manner of printing
(Eisenman 1). For this reason, he sketched a 100 heads including Merlin and Solons head, “The
Man Who Build Pyramids” and the Ghost of a flea” in his vision. Blake on political stand, “The
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Marriage of Heaven and hell” Illustrate his stand on the change and revolution during French
revolution.
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Works Cited
Belle, Jenijoy. Michelangelo’s Sistine Frescoers and Blake’s 1795 Color-Printed Drawings: A
study of In Structural relationships. Vol. 14. Issue 2. (2015). P.1. Retrieved from:
http://bq.blakearchive.org/14.2.labelle
Eisenman, Stephen. A tat retrospective Tamed the Visionary Radical of William Blake’s. Art in
America. Vol.1. No.1 (2020). P.1 retrieved from: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-
america/features/william-blake-radical-politics-tate-1202680495/
