William blake biography pdf

William Blake's art was influenced by the dissenters of his time, who opposed authoritarian religion.

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He held that while reason should replace laws in religion, God still had the last word on the matters of human beings.

This view is the central theme of Nebuchadnezzar, one of his most famous artworks. Nebuchadnezzar is a coloured monotype print with Blake's signature ink and watercolour additions.

It was part of the large colour prints, a collection of twelve colour monotype prints. It exists in four copies, but only three are available, each at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Tate Britain in London.

The painting illustrates the event in the Old Testament book of Daniel in the Bible.

In this story, the proud Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar II, glorified himself for the great Babylon that he had built. To warn him of his impending danger