William Blake, “Pity” (circa 1795) (all photos Michael Glover/Hyperallergic) ... Aristotle, and Jesus. And then there were the angels, many of whom were also his fast friends.

William Blake’s Universe feels a little hugger-mugger, ... Jesus, Aristotle, and Socrates. Though he traveled outside London only once (to a damp cottage beside the sea in Felpham, ...

The stirring hymn, composed by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916 to words of the Romantic-era mystic poet William Blake, is the unofficial second national anthem of Great Britain.

William Blake’s twin talents came from a singular genius. The entrancing paintings and engravings that make up his great art comprise the biblical and the phantasmagorical: shimmering angels and ...

William Blake was an artisanal imagemaker dubbed a 'lunatic' during Britain's Industrial Revolution. The Getty Museum has other ideas in its new exhibition.

William Blake: Visionary Through Jan. 14, 2024, at the Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles; 310-440-7300; getty.edu. A correction was made on Dec. 30, 2023 ...

Scholars have long maintained that WB Yeats was being fanciful when he claimed one of England’s greatest poets was in fact Irish. But a new look at the story suggests an alternative possibility ...

A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper plates by English poet and painter William Blake around 250 years ago have been discovered by researchers using new technology capable of picking up ...