Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Blake's Milton

A friend recently went to the Blake exhibit at the Morgan Library, and happened to mention that there were several of Blake's images inspired by L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, which occasioned envy in this blogger's soul. Here are two:


Mirth

Melancholy

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3 comments:

  1. Kia2:01 PM, November 04, 2009

    Tom, The one you have labelled "Mirth" is actually the Sun. Mirth is female.

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  2. Tom Matrullo8:00 PM, November 04, 2009

    Thanks - this one moves much more trippingly.

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  3. Kia9:53 PM, November 04, 2009

    It also has many more toes -- quite light and fantastic ones I note.

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