Decoding one of Blake’s paintings enables its reading: an obscure author of devotional texts takes us on a tour of different variants of God.
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Some stories sound plausible, but are problematic when you try to paint or photograph them. Here’s a good example, with attempted solutions by Reni, Rubens, Moreau, and others.
Three major paintings, each very ambitious, but abandoned, reworked, and abandoned again, give insight into his progress in changing history painting.
A selection of paintings showing Blake’s strength in design beyond normal artistic composition – a very modern feature.
Moreau’s extraordinary paintings have been described as Symbolist, Decadent, even Surrealist. They are notoriously difficult to read – here is some help.
This extraordinary series of watercolours to illustrate the apocalyptic visions in the Book of Revelation is among Blake’s most brilliant.
The final group of charcoal drawings brings disaster and redemption, with increasingly rich detail and symbolism.
The first group of charcoal drawings traces the man’s life as an adult, from solitude in a vast forest, to a bacchanalian orgy.
The ‘divine whirlwind’ seems distinctive of Blake. This traces its origin, and his development of this visionary image.
This completes the 18 oil paintings. The series continues with another 16 charcoal drawings.
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