Call William Blake a poet. Or a prophet. Or a visionary. Or a fool. Or just see William Blake as a white-hot comet, blazing through 18th century Britain's hidebound strictures and persnickety ...

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William Blake was a bit of a nut. That’s partly why we like him so much. The great British Romantic artist, whose lifespan (1757-1827) roughly corresponded with that of mad King George III, aimed to ...

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? " William Blake The first stanza of "The Tyger," a poem by the ...

William Blake at work : "every thing which is in harmony" / Robin Hamlyn -- The state of knowledge on William Blake the painter / Bronwyn Ormsby and Joyce H. Townsend, with Brian Singer and John Dean ...

How hard would it be to portray war as an artist correspondent? Artist correspondents had to work quickly and under tremendous stress as they tried to record battles and other vagaries of war ...

A crackling collection of experimental prints by William Blake resurrects the English poet-painter in all his radical frenzy, and foretells the limits of political art. By Walker Mimms Reporting from ...

But maybe Adam and Eve’s bliss isn’t all its cracked up to be. Isn’t Adam’s posture a touch douchy? Doesn’t Eve look a bit uncomfortable stretching up to meet his lips? Why are their eyes open ...

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William Blake William Blake, born in London in 1757, was an English poet, painter and printmaker. A visionary artist, Blake's work combines literature and visual art in unique ways. His early career ...

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