The Paintings of William Blake

by Raymond Lister

Book Overview

This is the most accessible introduction available to one of the greatest British artists. The art of William Blake unites visionary simplicity with profound complexity of thought. In this illuminating new study, illustrated throughout in colour, Raymond Lister provides an engaging and lucid approach to Blake's paintings, fully alive to their infinite power of suggestion and refreshingly unfettered by polemic. The biographical introduction, making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521315573
• ISBN13: 9780521315579
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.9"