Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.43
19th century
William Blake was a visionary rebel who literally wrote his own rules, inventing a method called 'illuminated printing' to mash up poetry and art on a single page. At the top of this sheet from his epic poem Milton, a row of writhing, nude figures seems caught in a fiery, chaotic embrace, hovering like a fever dream above dense blocks of handwritten text. Blake wasn't just making art; he was fighting a spiritual war against cold logic, explicitly calling out thinkers like Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon in the text below as enemies of 'Human Imagination.' It's a perfect snapshot of Romanticism's wild heart, where feeling and vision trumped scientific reason every time.
- Technique
- Relief etching with hand coloring
- Material
- Paper
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