William Blake, his art and times

by David Bindman

The nature of William Blake's genius is most completely expressed in his Illuminated Books. As poet/artist Blake invented a method of printing that enabled him to create works in which words and images combine to form pages uniquely rich in content and beautiful in form. It is only through the pages as originally conceived and published by the poet himself that Blake's meaning can be fully experienced.Blake's hope that his books would obtain wide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930606388
• ISBN13: 9780930606381
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Yale Center for British Art
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.