Painter, poet, printmaker (and even called a prophet by many) of the pre-Romantic period in UK, William Blake is the subject of a recent book...
Montaine Dumont 28 November 2022
William Blake was a great artist, poet and engraver of the Romantic Age. But he died penniless, scorned by his contemporaries and the art establishment. Take a look at one of his most famous works: The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun.
Candy Bedworth 28 November 2022
The Ancient of Days, designed, printed, and hand colored by William Blake, was the frontispiece of his 1794 poem Europe a Prophecy. An epic...
Catriona Miller 28 November 2022
William Blake (1757–1827), an English Romantic poet, painter, and printmaker, was commissioned by his patron Thomas Butts, a civil servant, to...
Magda Michalska 28 November 2022
William Blake was undoubtedly a genius. And as usually happens with geniuses and people ahead of their time, he was scorned and disregarded by...
Magda Michalska 28 November 2022
Recently, all over the world people have felt like they were “in the middle of the apocalypse”. Why does everyone naturally associate that word...
Camilla de Laurentis 7 November 2022
Art and literature have been a thing for centuries and they’re still at it. We have plucked a few worthy fruits of their union to show you how...
Giordana Goretti 17 October 2022
When we think about flying objects we usually imagine birds, planes, kites, balloons, or even UFOs! It’s easy to forget that at one point the...
Sarah Mills 8 August 2022
Hold on to your broomstick as we fly through time to check out the delicious and diabolical witch in art history.
Candy Bedworth 31 May 2022
Today is Star Wars Day. The first documented use of the phrase “May the 4th be with you” came from Margaret Thatcher’s political party, to...
Ledys Chemin 4 May 2022
The year of the tiger is upon us! Tigers are frequently depicted in Chinese art, but they have fascinated so many artists from across the world.
Candy Bedworth 1 February 2022
Hardly any author has been such a rich source of literary inspiration for the visual arts as Dante Alighieri. His two major works, the La Vita Nuova...
Caroline Galambosova 13 April 2021
