Mind-forg'd Manacles William Blake and slavery ; [published on the occasion of the Exhibition Mind-Forg'd Manacles : William Blake and Slavery, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 7 April - 20 May 2007, Burrell Collection, Glasgow, 3 November 2007 - 6 January 2008, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 26 January - 6 April 2008]

For William Blake (1757-1827), the idea of slavery was fundamental to his art and writing. He was fervently opposed to slavery and bitterly contemptuous of the forces in Britain that tried to prolong it. But for Blake slavery was also a mental state. To have limited perceptions, to pursue materialis...

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Körperschaften:	Ferens Art Gallery (BerichterstatterIn), Burrell Collection (BerichterstatterIn), Whitworth Art Gallery (BerichterstatterIn), Hayward Gallery Touring (BerichterstatterIn), Exhibition Mind-Forg'd Manacles: William Blake and Slavery (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Bindman, David (BerichterstatterIn), Pinckney, Darryl (BerichterstatterIn), Blake, William (IllustratorIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	London Hayward Gallery Publishing 2007 London Cornerhouse Publ. 2007
Schlagworte:	Blake, William > Ausstellungskatalog > Christliche Ethik > Sklaverei
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Zusammenfassung:	For William Blake (1757-1827), the idea of slavery was fundamental to his art and writing. He was fervently opposed to slavery and bitterly contemptuous of the forces in Britain that tried to prolong it. But for Blake slavery was also a mental state. To have limited perceptions, to pursue materialistic ends, to set oneself above others, to follow conventional religion or science was to be enslaved and to be held with 'mind-forg'd manacles' of one's own making. In Blake's art, many of his most dramatic and complex images show a confrontation between the forces of repression and those seeking freedom. With over 60 vivid reproductions from Blake's illuminated books, watercolours and engravings, "Mind-forg'd Manacles" includes an essay by curator and leading Blake scholar David Bindman. Bindman examines the following themes in Blake's poetry and visual art: the cruelties of slavery; The Little Black Boy and other black boys; slavery as restricted vision; chaining desire; and, throwing off the chains.
Beschreibung:	147 S Ill
ISBN:	1853322598 1-85332-259-8 9781853322594 978-1-85332-259-4