{"id":218,"date":"2019-10-28T00:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T00:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/terencezhu\/?p=218"},"modified":"2019-11-15T06:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T06:22:20","slug":"william-blake-nightmarish-as-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/terencezhu\/2019\/10\/28\/william-blake-nightmarish-as-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"William Blake- Nightmarish as Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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William Blake, the major poet, original thinker, printmaker, and prominent figure of the Romantic age. Blake received visions from a young age as well as having the bible engraved onto him, these became the main inspirations of his works. Other inspirations for his works were stories and scenes from other literary stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Ghost of a Flea” (c1819-20)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\tOne of Blake\u2019s more well known works was \u201cThe Ghost of a Flea\u201d (c1819-20), came to Blake during a seance. The mood of this painting is very bleak and nightmarish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Ancient of Days” (1795)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\tAn image that Blake loved was and made multiple copies of. \u201cThe Ancient of Days\u201d (1795) depicts Blake\u2019s personal myth of an evil god bringing uniformity. A very symbolic and dark piece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Newton” (1795-c1805)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\t\u201cNewton\u201d (1795-c1805) is about Blake\u2019s distaste of science as he depicts Newton in an isolated cold space.without much life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Satan” (c1789)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\tIn \u201cSatan\u201d (c1789) Blake was experimenting with echoppe needles, a french engraving method. The piece itself is very fine tuned and captures a tortured spirit well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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