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Blake did not have time to complete the cycle of illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy. He began work on it in 1824, at the request of John Linnel. We got

Hecate – the goddess of dark forces, darkness and witchcraft. The sorceress, who connects the living world with the world of the dead, she was endowed with immense power. It

At the end of life Blake received from his friend, watercolor artist John Linnel, an order for illustration to the biblical Book of Job. Blake created twenty-one illustrations to the

This painting, written in ink and watercolor, is part of a large cycle, over which Blake worked at the end of his life. Blake greatly revered Dante, believed him to

This painting, written in ink and watercolor, is part of a large cycle, over which Blake worked at the end of his life. Blake greatly revered Dante, believed him to

The name of William Blake, an English thinker, poet, artist, is now well known. However, during his lifetime he seemed too original to contemporaries, interest in his works began to

According to Blake’s idea, “Canterbury pilgrims” were to be the central exhibit of his exhibition, arranged in 1809 in his brother’s house. The format of this painting is unusual for

Blake wrote several paintings on the Old Testament story of the murder of Cain, his younger brother Abel; this picture is the last one. The theme of the first fratricide

This is one of the “large flower beds” Blake, a series of which he created around 1795. Some researchers prefer to call them “painted engravings” – in order to separate

Approximately in 1795, Blake created a series of monotypes. To this day, a dozen such engravings have reached, but researchers agree that there were initially more of them. Each sheet

Blake did not like oil paints, because he believed that they were blurring the shape and line. He preferred to write tempera, believing that he continues the traditions of the

William Blake is a poet, philosopher, artist, a very unconventional person in the history of the arts. From an early age he sees angels and cherubs, as he writes about

Milton was the favorite poet of Bleic, and this explains why the artist has tried to create illustrations for his works more than once. His main works in this field

This painting belongs to the genre of surrealism and was painted by the artist in 1794. The painting “The Great Architect” expresses a bright range of religious feelings of Blake

One of the most dramatic works of William Blake. The Lord is represented here as a formidable judge. He sits on a fiery chariot and looks sternly at Adam. Blake