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William Blake Hardcover – October 29, 2019

by Martin Myrone (Editor), Amy Concannon (Editor), Alan Moore (Afterword)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
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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

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Tate Britain, London
September 11, 2019–February 2, 2020

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    October 29, 2019
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  6. ISBN-10
    0691198314
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0691198316
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"Times Critics' Top Art Books of 2019"

"Published to accompany the major, one-stop-only Blake retrospective now at the Tate Britain (through Feb. 2), this beautiful book distills the spirit of the revolutionary poet, artist and prophet-saint of what we now call social justice. The scholar E. P. Thompson once said that to study Blake (1757-1827) is to realize that there are “a great many William Blakes.” And there’s a new one to be found here at every turn of the page."---Holland Cotter, The New York Times

"With its art-historical focus, [William Blake] helpfully contextualizes Blake while still acknowledging his originality. Thus, it will be especially valuable for those new to Blake and the art of his time, but it will also be useful to Blake scholars focused on literature."---D.D. Schierenbec, Choice

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Martin Myrone is senior curator of pre-1800 British art at Tate and visiting tutor in the history of art at the University of York. His books include The Blake Book and Bodybuilding: Reforming Masculinities in British Art, 1750–1810. Amy Concannon is curator of British art, 1790–1850, at Tate. Alan Moore is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of comics. His acclaimed graphic novels include From Hell and V for Vendetta.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; First Edition (October 29, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691198314
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691198316
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.4 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches
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Beautiful book and exceptionally well made. There is informative text and a lot of images. The images are nice and clear but I feel they could be better. I would highly recommend this over the MET overview - better quality and better images. This does have a lot of his art but disappointed it does not have the main "red dragon" work shown in the series "Hanibal". Great book to add to your collection!
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sshodgie
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful quality book!
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Beautiful book and exceptionally well made. There is informative text and a lot of images. The images are nice and clear but I feel they could be better. I would highly recommend this over the MET overview - better quality and better images. This does have a lot of his art but disappointed it does not have the main "red dragon" work shown in the series "Hanibal". Great book to add to your collection!
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sshodgie
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful quality book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020
Beautiful book and exceptionally well made. There is informative text and a lot of images. The images are nice and clear but I feel they could be better. I would highly recommend this over the MET overview - better quality and better images. This does have a lot of his art but disappointed it does not have the main "red dragon" work shown in the series "Hanibal". Great book to add to your collection!
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Il macchinista
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant edition
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2019
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The text is very helpful to those of us who have always heard about Blake, maybe seen a work or two, but are not specialists. The reproductions are splendid. The book will make an excellent edition for lovers of art and the history of art. It may even win you over to see the genius of Blake and wonder why you never saw it before. That was my experience.
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Jean-Claude Dumont
5.0 out of 5 stars Luxury book..
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2023
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A wonderful book about William Blake…full of illustrations and great informations…!
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PeteJan
4.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, dense text
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2021
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This is the book that goes with the Tate exhibition. It includes many famous pictures and some drawings, but not all that you may know. The text is dense to the point of being obscure, and doesn't seem to be based on the information displayed during the exhibition. ("William Blake vs The World" is a far better book, but of course has few pictures.) In brief, I recommend this book as a good overview of his work, and the quality of the pictures is actually extraordinarily good.
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