William Blake and the Art of Engraving

Informationen zum Autor Sung, Mei-Ying Klappentext Sung closely examines William Blake's extant engraved copper plates and arrives at a new interpretation of his working process. Sung suggests that Blake revised and corrected his work more than was previously thought. This belies the Romantic ideal that the acts of conception and execution are simultaneous in the creative process. Zusammenfassung Sung closely examines William Blake’s extant engraved copper plates and arrives at a new interpretation of his working process. Sung suggests that Blake revised and corrected his work more than was previously thought. This belies the Romantic ideal that the acts of conception and execution are simultaneous in the creative process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The Technical Argument; Chapter 1a The History of the theory of Conception and Execution; Chapter 2 The Evidence of Copper Plates; Chapter 3 Blake's Engraved Copper Plates; Chapter 4 Copper Plate Makers in Blake's Time; Chapter 5 Blake's Virgil Woodcuts and the Earliest Re-engravers; conclusion Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Mei-Ying Sung, Sung Mei-Ying
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2009
• EAN: 9781851969586
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-958-6
• Series: The History of the Book
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, ART / General, Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies