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Thứ Bảy, 31 tháng 5, 2014

William Blake Paintings

By Darren Hartley


William Blake paintings rank among the most original visual arts of the Romantic era. William first studied art as boy, at the drawing academy of Henry Pars. He served a five year apprenticeship with the commercial engraver James Basire before entering the Royal Academy School as an engraver at the age of twenty-two.

Nature Revolves, but Man Advances was one of the earliest romantic William Blake paintings. It was a resultant from his private studying of medieval and Renaissance art. Raphael, Michaelangelo and Durer were among his idols. He was on the trail of producing timeless, Gothic art, representative of Christian spirituality, done with poetic ingenuity.

A series of huge color prints constituted the William Blake paintings of the 1790s. They were know for their massiveness and iconic designs. Considered to be William's most ambitious work as an artist, the subjects of the 12 known designs, function as pairs. The sources of the subjects included the Bible, Michaelangelo, Milton and Newton.

The technique used in William Blake paintings was described as fresco. It is form of monotype, using oil and tempera paints mixed with chalks. The designs are painted on a flat surface, that is, a copperplate or millboard and finished in ink and watercolour. This made each impression, rare and unique.

Because William believed that the Bible comprised the basis the basis of true art, he concentrated on making a series of Bible illustrations from 1799 to 1809. These William Blake paintings consisted of about 50 tempura paintings and more than 80 watercolor paintings.

The trajectory that William Blake paintings took as far as development is concerned is towards the inner self. He concentrated on the journeys that the mind appears to take through its imagination. Physically, William never travelled outside of Britain except for a brief period on the southern coast of England.




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