Visual Metaphor in the Illuminated Books of William Blake
FAIN: FT-11890-74
John W. Wright
Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1015)
To research newly discovered aspects of the composite, literary-pictorial, art of William Blake Illuminated Books. This project will approach Blake's designs through their technical basis in his etching techniques and through his distinctive uses of visual metaphor and emblems.