{"id":102,"date":"2018-10-20T01:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T08:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/?p=102"},"modified":"2018-10-20T01:50:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T08:50:39","slug":"realism-pre-impressionism-pre-raphaelites-william-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/mikaelamanuel\/2018\/10\/20\/realism-pre-impressionism-pre-raphaelites-william-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"Realism, Pre-Impressionism, &amp; Pre-Raphaelites: William Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>William Blake<\/h1>\n<p>William Blake was an artist and poet in England during the Romantic Age. Blake&#8217;s was a very imaginative person from the start, his poetry coming quite naturally. Something that I related to about him was that in his early years as a salesman, he used to doodle on the backs of customer&#8217;s bills. I find this particularly funny and relatable because I am one of those artists as well that draws on the back of receipts at work.<\/p>\n<p>Blake is well-known as a person for being a forerunner for &#8220;free love&#8221; movement during the 19th century. It encouraged sexual exploration outside of marriage and challenged the church&#8217;s thoughts on chastity.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Blake is best known for his illustrated etchings in the\u00a0<em>Book of Thel<\/em> (Fig. 1), a book of poetry that he created himself.\u00a0 It is a very beautiful piece and I respect the time and effort that went into it. One of his most important works,\u00a0<em>The Anceint of Days <\/em>(Fig. 2)\u00a0addressed his own mindset, which combined reason and law. These are two hard things to grasp together, but it is interesting to see it portrayed in one image.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/library.hrmtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blake-the-book-of-thel-william-blake-archive.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for book of thel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Figure 1:<em> Book of Thel, 1788-1790<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uploads0.wikiart.org\/images\/william-blake\/the-ancient-of-days-1794.jpg!Large.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Figure 2:\u00a0<em>The Ancient of Days, 1794<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net\/w800h800\/VA\/VA_PC_2006AG2443.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Eve Tempted by the Serpent, 1799, 1800<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net\/w1200h1200\/NTIV\/NTIV_PET_486264.jpg\" alt=\"Satan Calling Up His Legions\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Satan Calling Up His Legions, 1805-1809<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h3>Works Cited<\/h3>\n<p>Burdett, Osbert. William Blake, Parkstone International, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https:\/\/ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.capilanou.ca\/lib\/capilano-ebooks\/detail.action?docID=915118.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Book_of_Thel<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Blake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Blake William Blake was an artist and poet in England during the Romantic Age. Blake&#8217;s was a very imaginative person from the start, his poetry coming quite naturally. Something that I related to about him was that in his early years as a salesman, he used to doodle on the backs of customer&#8217;s bills. 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