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WILLIAM BLAKE'S VISION BURNS BRIGHT
From: United Press International
Date: 20010605
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United Press International
06-05-2001
William Blake's Vision Burns Bright
NEW YORK, Jun 05, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- William Blake is better known to Americans for his verses than for his art, but the first major U.S. exhibition of his paintings, drawings, and prints at the Metropolitan Museum proves that text and image were inseparable for this most original and prolific of British artists.
No wonder Blake was the patron saint of the hippie generation, both Aquarian and New Age. His mystic visions of heaven and hell were psychedelic. He stripped the human figure to its ...
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