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April 7, 2015 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: William Blake, Pity, 1795

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The Art Curator for Kids - Wordless Wednesday - William Blake, Pity, 1795

I <3 William Blake. He is both a poet and an artist from the Romantic age in the late 1700s and early 1800s which is one of my favorite time periods in art history. Through their creative endeavors, Romantic artists celebrated emotion, passion, imagination, nature, literature, art, and more. I find Romantic art to be incredibly inspiring.

Here is William Blake’s Pity for Wordless Wednesday.

William Blake, Pity, 1795
William Blake, Pity, 1795

William Blake is not necessarily a great topic for Wordless Wednesday as he is all about words. He was a poet and much of his visual art was created as illustrations for literary works. This painting is inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

And pity, like a naked new-born babe,
Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed
Upon the sightless couriers of the air,

William Shakespeare, Macbeth

For more about this painting, visit the Tate’s blog.

What do you think? How could you include this work in your classroom?

More Wordless Wednesday posts:

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8 Comments

  1. Janice

    April 8, 2015 at 2:05 am

    Wow. That is a cool piece of art to go with that poem! I think that the artwork is made stronger alongside the poetry.

    Thanks for sharing!

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    • Cindy, The Art Curator for Kids

      April 8, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      Glad you liked it. You’re welcome!

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  2. Merlinda Little ( @pixiedusk)

    April 8, 2015 at 8:06 am

    Amazing artist! Good with the visual arts and creative writing =)

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    • Cindy, The Art Curator for Kids

      April 8, 2015 at 8:39 pm

      Yeah, he’s one of my favorites!! 🙂

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  3. Jessica Claudio, DVM

    April 8, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

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    • Cindy, The Art Curator for Kids

      April 9, 2015 at 9:28 pm

      You’re welcome! 🙂

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  4. Feed Me Dearly

    April 10, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Lovely post – thanks for sharing. 🙂

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    • Cindy, The Art Curator for Kids

      April 10, 2015 at 8:57 pm

      Thanks 🙂

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