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Creator:
Billingsley, Naomi
Title(s):
The visionary art of William Blake : Christianity, romanticism and the pictorial imagination / Naomi Billingsley.
Published/Created:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
©2018
Physical Description:
xxiii, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
NJ18.B57 B55 2018 (LC)
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-238) and index.
Subject Terms:
Blake, William, 1757–1827 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Blake, William, 1757–1827 -- Religion.
Blake, William, 1757–1827.
Blake, William, 1757–1827.
Christianity and art.
Christianity and art.
Christliche Kunst.
Kunst.
Religion.
Form/Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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