The Art of William Blake: Hey Ryano ;)

[Beowulf]

There has been some interest in the art of William Blake thanks to Ryano's avatar, "The Ancient of Days" http://emu.man.ac.uk/emuwebwag/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=4625&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=88
Blake (1757-1827) is probably more famous for his poetry, which ranges from epics that reveal his own unique form of Christianity, to dark poems describing the depth and range of human experience, expressed in the guise of children's songs ("Songs of Innocence and Experience").

But on to his art...
Adam and Eve Discovering the Body of Abel:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/abel.jpg

Elohim Creating Adam:
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1119&tabview=image

The Creation of Eve: From the MFA in Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=156664&coll_keywords=blake&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll

God Judging Adam:
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1127&tabview=image

Expulsion from the Garden of Eden:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true&id=183700&coll_keywords=blake&coll_accession=&coll_name=&coll_artist=&coll_place=&coll_medium=&coll_culture=&coll_classification=&coll_credit=&coll_provenance=&coll_location=&coll_has_images=&coll
David Delivered out of Many Waters:
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1088&tabview=image

Death on a Pale Horse:
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/catalogue_detail.php?&priref=17490&_function_=xslt&_limit_=10#1

 

[Beowulf]

Jacob's Dream: I love this one
http://www.nimbi.com/copyright/william_blake_jacobs_ladder.html

Job Rebuked by his Friends:
http://www.blakearchive.org/cgi-bin/nph-dweb/blake/Non-Illuminated/draw_paint/watercolor/BUT550/BUT550.1/@ebt-raster?filename=but550.1.10.wc.300.jpg

If there is interest, I'll post some more.

 

[Whiskey Steve]

Neato.....

 

[TheCrownedOne]

How coincidental that I would be reading some Blake today
Thanks Beowulf.

 

[ryano]

Thanks beo!!

Im glad my avatar could help turn some people on to Blake.

 

[milwood]

shoulda known Beo would be a Blake fan...

 

[Beowulf]

Blake was probably the 1st poet I discovered and realized that poetry is cool. I had just written a poem about the traumatic effects of the loss of innocence/ignorance as it gives way to experience/disenchantment; then I came across "Songs of Innocence and Experience" and thought, "Damn, muthafucka beat me to it."