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WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827 - Coggle Diagram
WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827
LIFE AND WORKS
BACKGROUND
HUMBLE ORIGINS
TRAINED AS A PAINTER AND
BORN IN LONDON IN 1757
BROKE WITH ARTISTIC CONVENTION
INFLUENCED:
THE BIBLE
FRENCH REVOLUTION
IMAGINATION
BELIEFS:
ART SHOULD PROTECT SPIRITUAL VALUES
IDEAL FORMS COME FROM IMAGINATION
IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN REASON
ARTISTIC INNOVATION
INVENTED “ILUMINATED PRINTING
COMBINED TEXT AND IMAGES
MAIN COLLECTION
SONGS OF INNOCENCE (1789
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE (1794)
SONGS OF INNOCENCE
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
INSPIRED BY CHILDHOOD
CELEBRATION OF
HAPPINESS
FREEDOM
DIVINE PRESENCE
IMAGINATION
MAIN SYMBOLS
FLOWERS
CHILDREN
LAMBS
KEY IDEA
INNOCENCE = PURITY OF THE SOUL
THE LAMB IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POEM IN SONGS OF INNOCENCE
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
MORE PESSIMISTIC
CRITICISM OF SOCIETY
MORE COMPLEX
MAIN THEMES
CORRUPTION
SUFFERING
LOSS OF INNOCENCE
ADULT EXPERIENCE
KET IDEA
EXPERIENCE COEXISTS WITH INNOCENCE
COMPLEMENTARY OPPOSITES
LIFE IS BASED ON OPPOSITES
INNOCENCE ↔️ EXPERIENCE
ENERGY ↔️ RESTRAINT
REASON ↔️ IMAGINATION
MALE ↔️ FEMALE
GOOD ↔️ EVIL
OPPOSITES ARE NECESSARY AND COEXIST IN HUMAN LIFE
IMAGINATION AND THE POET
FOR BLAKE IMAGINATION IS
STRONGER THAN REASON
A DIVINE POWER
THE ABILITY TO SEE BEYOND APPEARANCES
THE MEANS HROUGH WHICH WE KNOW REALITY
THROUGH IMAGINATION
HUMANS UNDERSTAND REALITY DEEPLY
HUMANS CREATE ART
HUMANS CONNECT WITH GOD
THE POET
ROLE OF THE POET
VISIONARY
CREATOR
PROPHET
MISSION
SHOW THE HIDDEN REALITY BEHIND APPEARANCE
REVEALDEEEPER TRUTHS
WARN SOCIETY ABOUT ITS PROBLEM
BLAKE‘S INTEREST IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
MAIN CONCERNS
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
CHILD LABOUR
EXPLOITATION OF WORKERS
POVERTY
EFFECT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
POLITICAL ISSUES
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
SLAVERY
OPPRESSION
MAIN BELIEF
SOCIETY DESTROYS INNOCENCE AND HUMAN FREEDOM