William Blake e le sue opere in mostra alla Tate Britain a Londra

Today's video is dedicated to one of the English artists who made the history of Romanticism in art and poetry at the end of the eighteenth century: William Blake. I recently visited the exhibition dedicated to his works at Tate Britain in London and for the first time I saw live his almost surreal works that struck me for originality and spirituality. William Blake is known for making works related to his religious faith and his existential problems. Many of his works are considered a response to his religious obsessions, which have plagued him all his life. And in fact he strongly believed in the distinction between good and evil and that he was at the same time a devoted Christian. In reality, his was a personal and surreal vision of Christianity, often not accepted by contemporaries. Blake was born here in London in the mid-1700s to a family of Soho shopkeepers who encouraged him to follow his passions as a child. He attended a drawing school until he was 14 and then began an apprenticeship as an engraver in one of the most famous English engraving families in history, that of James Basire. The engraving technique involves copying an image by cutting thin lines on a metal plate so that this image can be printed and reproduced several times. And Blake loves the precision needed for this job. Blake is also a poet and writer, a skill that combined with that of making engravings, drawings and watercolors allows him to tell his vision of society and the disgust he feels towards the social injustices of the period. Blake's works often have references to the Bible, Shakespeare and Milton's poetry. This is because many of his watercolor series, for example, were made on commission. Blake has worked this way for most of his life. He was free to create what he wanted without too many limits. And at the same time he could support himself economically. Blake is a visionary. The images of him are so full of symbols and his themes are totally related to Romanticism. He prefers creativity to reason, freedom to repression, maintaining one's individuality to conforming to the fashion of the period. The human figures in his works are often represented with unreal expressions, muscular bodies and in complex positions. --- Follow me on social networks and on my blog: Art and the Cities is my personal blog and Youtube channel about art and travel. Or better than art trips. I'm not just talking about art history but also about travel, museums, galleries, the art market, love stories, books, exhibitions and much more. »Blog: https://artandthecities.com/ »Instagram:   / artnthecities   See you next video! Clelia