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Life of Blake Illustrations to Dante
One of the Gothic Artists
 
 

Blake saw himself as a medieval craftsman, not a sophisticated modern artist, and this part of the exhibition examines how the gothic world influenced his art, imagination and ideals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online Focus

Bite-size Life of Blake
Click through a Bite-size Life of Blake. Divided into nine short sections, it includes a section on the formative period he spent studying the gothic tombs in Westminster Abbey.

Portrait of William Blake (age 28) Go to Life of Blake
Portrait of William Blake by Catherine (c. 1785) © Fitzwilliam Museum
 

Illustrations to Dante
Look at Blake's illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Listen to audio clips from the English translation on which Blake based his designs. Read commentaries that examine how Blake and Dante's ideas of religion differed.

The Simoniac Pope Go to Illustrations to Dante
The Simoniac Pope (1824-27) © Tate
 
 


To learn more about the works in this section of the exhibition, please click on the exhibition guide reproduced in the main Tate website: Blake themes 2