World Innovations

  By Bipasha  William Blake born in 1757 in London, was a seminal figure in the poetry and visual arts of The Pre-Romantic Age. Historical Context Blake held radical religious, moral, and political opinions. He disliked and distrusted institutionalized religion. He felt Chistianity encouraged the supression of natural desires and discouraged earthly joy.Historical Context In 1789, William Blake composed a collection of 27 poems entitled Songs of Innocence. Blake etched both the text and a design for each poem onto a copper plate, from which an impression could be printed in ink. Later, the whole print was colored with acid resisting ink. And also these poems are vastly influenced by the French & American Revolution, and stands against the Industrialization of England.Historical Context It was not until 1794-- five years later--he created 27 plates for a set of antithetical poems, Songs of Experience. Only 28 cpoies of his complete collection, Songs of Innocence and of Expe...