Hatje Cantz William Blakes Universum

Revolution and war in Europe, slavery and exploitation in the European colonies, oppression and reaction in the native Britain - against this background, William Blake created an astonishing oeuvre that linked his criticism of the world at that time with a vision of universal salvation. Outside England, his work is still little known. Nevertheless, Blake was an artist of European importance - with fascinating parallels in German art that created new world designs in the face of devastating political crises, especially Philipp Otto Runge and Caspar David Friedrich. Presenting the epoch-making dimension of Blake's work, the catalogue shows the artist as a true European, although he never left Britain.