Art Lovers discussion

I can't wait to put my hands on this book



Tonight, I was browsing through some poems and came across one of Blake's poems...and since I know very little about the poet, I turned to wikipedia and learned that he was a painter as well!

...and I had to stop @ this one




William Blake's Newton (1795), color print with pen & ink and watercolor.

Amal, he illustrated the Divine Comedy before his death. You have such a wonderful treasure trove of Blake to discover!!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...

I read the Divine Comedy in Arabic when I was a teen. All I could remember that it's an epic. I did not understand much at that time :(

And I just remembered... before knowing how to read, I recall a huge book in my father's office, I used to enjoy looking at. It was full of drawings about H&H and the Day of Judgment...I wonder if they were by Blake?

I hope I'll remember to look for it the next time I visit my parents.


Thank you Monica for the recommendation, I'll see if I can find them @ our local lib. or @ B&N.

:)

His coloring technique amazes me!

The Manhattanville College exhibition catalogue will be next to impossible to find but the Dover edition of the Divine Comedy you can order right from Dover.

http://store.doverpublications.com/04...

Dover does fascimile reprints of early editions like this one of Songs of Innocence http://store.doverpublications.com/04...

They have dozens of products available of Blake's work, even tatoos! http://search.store.yahoo.net/cgi-bin...

I hope I'll have the chance to hunt for books this weekend.

I like the Dover's. If I don't find any @ B&N I'll probably end up buying from them.


Thank you Monica for the recommendations and the link :)

This is a good book if you are interested in his "illuminated" poems:

http://www.indiebound.org/book/978050...

Also, this is a good website:

http://www.william-blake.org/

He and his wife colored each copy of his books by hand, and there are a number of interesting variations out there.

Blake also illustrated the Book of Job -- one of my favorites!

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/ashp...

http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/bla...

http://www.art4net.com/EXPObl.html

Michael wrote: "This is a good book if you are interested in his "illuminated" poems:

http://www.indiebound.org/book/978050...

Also, this is a good website:

http://www.william-blake.org/

He and his wife c..."

I love looking at his illustrations! What talent and originality! Thank you for those links to the works of William Blake everyone! What an artist, not only in poetry, but also with his illustrations.

Wow I would have to agree with Heather he has talent! Thanks for the info everyone!

I'm passing quickly, I'm familiar with some of his poems and lately discovered some of his paintings.

I'll be back to read more.

Thanks everyone :)