The William Blake case.
Marguerite Waknine| N° d'inventaire | 23705 |
| Format | 15 x 21 |
| Détails | 24 p., notebook. |
| Publication | Angoulême, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791094565636 |
The most unusual and atypical of all, certainly. As if it were impossible and especially perilous to classify him here or there, under any label. Painter, draftsman, engraver, poet, William Blake (1757-1827) remains a true mystery. He is the man, or better still: the being of a work essentially nourished by biblical visions and prophecies, pertaining to a disconcerting mysticism and grandiose illuminations. Didn't he confide to his friend Flaxman: In my brain, there are studies and rooms full of books and pictures of the ancient, which I described and painted in the eternal ages before my mortal life; these works are the delight of the archangels. Indeed, indisputably, an exceptional being and the title of Louis Gillet's essay is timely. Indeed, what a case this William Blake case is! With tact and rigor, subtly drawing on a number of testimonies, Louis Gillet lets us guess throughout his essay, a profile of the artist, the poet, the being William Blake, which can only increase our curiosity and arouse our wonder for the work and life of the most singular artist this world has ever known.
The most unusual and atypical of all, certainly. As if it were impossible and especially perilous to classify him here or there, under any label. Painter, draftsman, engraver, poet, William Blake (1757-1827) remains a true mystery. He is the man, or better still: the being of a work essentially nourished by biblical visions and prophecies, pertaining to a disconcerting mysticism and grandiose illuminations. Didn't he confide to his friend Flaxman: In my brain, there are studies and rooms full of books and pictures of the ancient, which I described and painted in the eternal ages before my mortal life; these works are the delight of the archangels. Indeed, indisputably, an exceptional being and the title of Louis Gillet's essay is timely. Indeed, what a case this William Blake case is! With tact and rigor, subtly drawing on a number of testimonies, Louis Gillet lets us guess throughout his essay, a profile of the artist, the poet, the being William Blake, which can only increase our curiosity and arouse our wonder for the work and life of the most singular artist this world has ever known.