William Blake wasn’t just a poet — he was a working printmaker who made everything himself. In this episode we look at his relief etching process, the hand-colored illuminated books he and Catherine made in their London workshop, his extraordinary visual imagination, and his influence on everyone from the Pre-Raphaelites to Jim Morrison.
In This Episode
- 1:45 — Early Life and Apprenticeship
- 3:30 — Illuminated Printing — What It Actually Was
- 5:15 — The Visions and Some Theories About Them
- 7:30 — Ignored in His Lifetime
- 8:30 — Rediscovery and Legacy
- 9:45 — The 1960s and The Doors Connection
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