Amerika, eine Prophezeiung Pl.16
1793
William Blake turned the American Revolution into a cosmic drama in this wild page from *America a Prophecy*. Surrounded by swirling text that name-drops Founding Fathers like Washington and Franklin, a central scene shows a figure—likely the fiery spirit of rebellion, Orc—confronting another under a brooding, purple sky. Blake didn't just write poems; he invented a unique printing method to fuse his text and images together, creating these 'illuminated' books where words and pictures dance around each other. It’s a perfect example of Romanticism’s love for emotion and revolution, treating history as a mythological battleground where dragons and angels mix with real politicians.
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