The Aryan Blake
Hinduism, Art and Revelation in William Blake's Pitt and Nelson Paintings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21158675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Barlow, Paul N Barlow (0000-0003-4808-6539, Northumbria University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-292 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Culture in Britain (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-4787 • E-ISSN: 1941-8361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14714787.2011.613320 |
| OpenAlex | W2023859864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article considers William Blake’s use of Indian imagery, a topic which has exercised recent scholars of Blake’s work but which has led to an interpretative stalemate due to differing conceptions of Indian art’s meanings within nineteenth-century British culture. Blake’s Spiritual Form of Nelson Guiding Leviathan and Spiritual Form of Pitt Guiding Behemoth (c.1805–9, Tate) have proved particularly problematic in this regard. Focusing on these two paintings, this article seeks to move beyond the critical impasse by situating these works within the interlinked contexts of Blake’s political and spiritual beliefs, the purposefully cross-cultural and visionary dynamic of his work, and contemporary responses to the expansion of British imperial power in India
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Aryan race · Hinduism · Literature · Painting · Political science · Politics · Revelation · Stalemate · Theology · History · Law · Moravian Church and William Blake · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |