William Blake was
born in London in
1757 and his origins
were humble. He
studied
at the Royal Academy
of Arts and there he
broke with the
conventions of
perspective
and proportions,
creating a new
kind of art which
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William Blake was born in London in 1757 and his origins were humble. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts and there he broke with the conventions of perspective and proportions, creating a new kind of art which
gives more importance to imagination. He made illustrations for the work of John Milton and for the Bible. He was a freethinker and he supported the French Revolution, as he was radical; he saw personally the evil effects of industrial development on
complete vision of the world and its history. His poetry is regarded as early Romantic because he rejected neoclassical literary style and themes. He created the method of Illuminated printing, which combined picture and poetic text. He published, also, prophetic books, in which he created a
complex mythology, as for example “The Marriage of the Heaven and Hell”, where he represents liberty with Satan and Hell, and the place of Lawgiving with the Heaven. Blake died in London in 1827. He writes poetic collections:
original state of harmony with nature; Songs of Experience: is more complex and pessimistic. The world of experience is full of cruelty and injustice and it’s all focused-on adulthood. Blake considered imagination the
means through which man could know the world. Imagination means “see more, beyond the material reality” and only God, children and poets have this power. The poet becomes a sort of prophet who can see deeply. Blake believed in the reality of a spiritual
there is no Progression”. The possibility of progress is situated in the tension between contraries: good and evil, male and female, reason and imagination. The two states coexist in the human being and in the Creator. Furthermore, individuals move from
a state of innocence to the state of experience. Finally, for him contrary states exist not in linear sequence but in parallel: they’re simultaneous. Blake was concerned with the political and social problems of his time: he supported
Canti dell'esperienza: è più complesso e pessimista perché Il mondo dell'esperienza è crudele e ingiusto e riguarda gli adulti. per blake l'uomo può conoscere il mondo con l'immaginazione. Gli individui passano da uno stato di innocenza a quello dell'esperienza. Blake sosteneva l'abolizione della schiavitù e credeva nella rivoluzione necessaria all'uomo. rimase deluso dagli effetti della rivoluzione industriale William Blake was born in London and his origins were humble. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts and created a type of art based on imagination. He supported the French Revolution and disapproved of industrial development. Blake considered the Bible to be a complete vision of the world and its history. His poetry rejects literary style and neoclassical themes. Blake died in London. He wrote collections of poetry: the Songs of Innocence: it is written in a pastoral way with simple images. It is about childhood as a symbol of innocence and the world. The child becomes important in the poem because he is close to nature and harmony. The Songs of experience: it is more complex and pessimistic because The world of experience is cruel and unfair and concerns adults. for Blake man can know the world with his imagination. Individuals move from a state of innocence to that of experience. Blake supported the abolition of slavery and believed in the revolution needed by man. he was disappointed by the effects of the industrial revolution