Chapter 122 Commemorating the Bicentenary of Blake's Birth

Commemorating the Bicentenary of Blake's Birth The World Peace Council decided to hold a commemorative meeting of seven world cultural celebrities this year.british ten William Blake, the famous eighth-century poet and painter, is also one of them, because this year is Blake's 200th anniversary of birth. Blake is a poet and a painter.I don't understand poetry, but I like his paintings very much.Blake's painting, In terms of painting that we are used to in China, it can be said to be literati painting, and it is a kind of lyrical literary painting. painting, because what he paints are neither landscapes nor still lifes, let alone sketches or portraits, almost all

Illustrated for his own collection of poems as well as those of others.In addition, although there are a few unique creations, But it is also a description of a literary or religious realm in his own imagination. As far as I am concerned, although Britain has produced many great painters in the past, they Among them, there are only three people whose works I am particularly fond of, that is, Biasley, Rossetti and Burroughs. Lake.The characteristics of these three painters are all the same, they are all illustrators, they are all so-called literary painters, And two of them are poets. Blake's poems are very difficult to understand, and this short article does not want to talk about his poems.His prophetic poems, depicting

The religious realm he imagined has another mysterious artistic conception, another world.So for Bligh The study of Blake poetry has almost become a kind of specialized knowledge in modern Britain, and there have been a number of interpretations of Blake's works. product experts.The mystery surrounding his work created by these specialists sometimes almost The appreciation and understanding of his paintings by ordinary people.I thought as an art lover and appreciator to go Looking at his paintings, one should avoid contact with these vainly exhausting problems, and should use a spotless mind

to approach his work. Then you will see a poet, a painter, a genius, how the line And color, very serious to tell you his emotion, his dream.Of course, Blake's paintings, like his Like the poems in the poem, some pictures seem very mysterious.But this is the poet's emotion and due mystery, we only It is advisable to stand aside and appreciate it as a bystander, instead of asking for troubles to try to explain others. Many poets are painters, and many painters are poets, but few, like William Blake, Not only in the style of poetry and painting, but even in the production and creation process of the two, they are almost indistinguishable.

It's open.For Blake had a dream, an artist's dream: to use his poetry in beautiful After copying the font, I will decorate it by myself, then use this draft to make a plate, print it myself, and And self-published and sold. William Blake was born in 1757 and died in 1827.Needless to say, such a poem, Such a painting, such a genius, would not have been recognized by his contemporaries.His life was not only difficult, And lonely.The poetry and painting collections that he copied, decorated and printed by himself at that time were all made by appointment. Way to sell to a few relatives and friends who love his works.Because each one is hand-copied and decorated with paintings

Yes, due to the difference in time and mood at work, the decoration of words and sentences in each of these poetry and painting collections is different. difference.At that time, relatives and friends bought it out of sympathy for him and donation to him.But these are A collection of poems and paintings that even an indifferent poet could not get enough to eat is now a collection of collections. It is a treasure in the eyes of calligraphers and art collectors. Douglas Bliss, in his "History of Woodcuts in the World", discusses that Blake's woodcuts give nearly When discussing the influence of modern British wood engravers, he said: "Although William Blake was in the mainstream of art in his era,

Among them, the status is isolated, but there is no doubt that his influence is almost entirely behind him. ......because Therefore, even in such a history of woodcuts, his works must be studied together with the "modern school", Because only in the works of today's artists can his influence be fully felt. " In poetic temperament, Blake is closest to his native poet Milton; in art, he He claimed that his mentor was Michael Langelo.Therefore, Blake's works can be said to be Milton and Michael Lange Luo's confluence.He used his poems as the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, on which he sang

Song describes the heaven and hell in his own artistic conception.Like all great poets and artists, Bu Lake just used religious legends as symbols, and dealt with them completely according to his ideal realm, so he His poems and paintings, instead of religion, became art.