Guide to the work of the famous English artist and the exhibition at the Venaria Reale (Turin) from 31th October 2024
William Blake (1757-1827) is a leading figure in British art and literature. Ignored when he was alive, his visionary works in painting, print and watercolour have inspired entire generations and are now recognised as a unique contribution to world culture.
The catalogue of the exhibition held at La Venaria Reale offers a selection of his finest works from the collection of the Tate UK, set in the context of a convulsive moment in British art, imagination and history. Blake lived through a revolutionary period, a time of radical transformation of ideas about art and the imagination, in which artists pushed art into new and unexplored imaginary territories.
Blake's timeless images are juxtaposed with those of the artists who most inspired and influenced him, including Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West and John Hamilton Mortimer.
The volume is accompanied by in-depth texts on William Blake, on some of the artists close to him and on the artistic current of Romanticism by David Blayney Brown and Alice Insley.
Exhibition Blake e la sua epoca. Viaggi nel tempo del sogno (Blake and His Age. Journeys in Dreamtime)
La Venaria Reale, Venaria, Turin, 31th October 2024 - 2nd February 2025