William Blake (World of Art) author-philip-hughes and a guide on how

and a guide on how to select and use them in an intelligent way

for a while he was even unsure whether to pursue painting or photography as a career

weaving cloth and creating natural dyes

but this book focuses as much as possible on the individual artists

Original Purpose

William Blake (World of Art) author-philip-hughes and a guide on howProphet, poet, painter, engraver William Blake (17571827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far reaching creative gifts. Revealing Blake to be far more than a revolutionary social radical, this classic study, first published in 1968, reshaped our understanding of the artists achievement. Kathleen Raine herself a renowned poet and critic unravels the complex, deeply felt symbolism expressed in his paintings and prints, and describes