Name: William Blake
Price: 46.43 GBP
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Author: Alan Moore
ISBN: 9780691198316

Type

Physical Book

Epilogue by

Alan Moore

Illustrated by

Martin Myrone

Amy Concannon

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Author

Alan Moore

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

27.7 x 23.9 x 3.0 cm

Weight

1.43 kg.

ISBN13

9780691198316

Synopsis "William Blake"

An authoritative look at William Blake's life and enduring relevance as a prophetic artist, poet, and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in the history of art. He was a countercultural prophet whose personal struggles, technical innovations, and revelatory vision have inspired generations of artists. This marvelously illustrated book explores the biographical, artistic, and political contexts that shaped Blake's work, and demonstrates why he was a singularly gifted visual artist with renewed relevance for us today. The book explores Blake's relationship with the art world of his time and provides new perspectives on his craft as a printmaker, poet, watercolorist, and painter. It makes sense of the profound historical forces with which he contended during his lifetime, from revolutions in America and France to the dehumanizing effects of industrialization. Readers gain incomparable insights into Blake's desire for recognition and commercial success, his role as social critic, his visionary experience of London, his hatred of empire, and the bitter disappointments that drove him to retire from the world in his final years. What emerges is a luminous portrait of a complicated and uncompromising artist who was at once a heretic, mystic, saint, and cynic. With an afterword by Alan Moore, this handsome volume features many of the most sublime and exhilarating images Blake ever produced. It brings together watercolors, paintings, and prints, and draws from such illuminated masterpieces as Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Europe a Prophecy, and apocalyptic works such as Milton and Jerusalem. Published in association with Tate Exhibition ScheduleTate Britain, LondonSeptember 11, 2019-February 2, 2020

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore es quizás el escritor más aclamado en el medio de la historia gráfica, habiendo obtenido innumerables premios por obras como WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, SWAMP THING y MIRACLEMAN. También es el cerebro detrás de la línea America's Best Comics, a través de la cual ha creado (junto con muchos ilustradores talentosos) LA LIGA DE CABALLEROS EXTRAORDINARIOS, PROMETHEA, TOM STRONG, TOMORROW STORIES y TOP TEN. Como uno de los innovadores más importantes del medio desde principios de la década de 1980, Moore ha influido en toda una generación de creadores de cómics, y su trabajo continúa inspirando a una audiencia cada vez mayor.

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