| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Europe: a Prophecy ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Europe a Prophecy
''Europe a Prophecy'' is a 1794 prophetic book by the British poet and illustrator William Blake. It is engraved on 18 plates, and survives in just nine known copies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 William Blake Archive Update 23 April 1998 )〕 It followed ''America a Prophecy'' of 1793.
==Background==
During autumn 1790, Blake moved to Lambeth, Surrey. He had a studio at the new house that he used while writing what were later called his "Lambeth Books", which included ''Europe'' in 1794. Like the others under the title, all aspects of the work, including the composition of the designs, the printing of them, the colouring of them, and the selling of them, happened at his home.〔Bentley 2003 pp.122-124〕 Early sketches for ''Europe'' were included in a notebook that contained images were created between 1790 until 1793.〔Bentley 2003 p. 142〕 Only a few of Blake's works were fully coloured, and only some of the editions of ''Europe'' were coloured.〔Bentley 2003 p. 158〕
When ''Europe'' was printed, it was in the same format as Blake's ''America'' and sold for the same price. It was printed between 1794 and 1821 with only 9 copies of the work surviving.〔Bentley 2003 p. 152〕 The plates used for the designs were 23 x 17 cm in size. In addition to the illuminations, the work contained 265 lines of poetry,〔Bentley 2003 p. 198〕 which were organized into septnearies.〔Bentley 2003 p. 312〕 Henry Crabb Robinson contacted William Upcott on 19 April 1810 inquiring about copies of Blake's works that were in his possession. On that day, Robinson was allowed access to ''Europe'' and ''America'' and created a transcription of the works.〔Bentley 2003 p. 338〕 An edition of ''Europe'' for Frederick Tatham was the last work Blake produced, and "The Ancient of Days" was completed three days just prior to his death.〔Bentley 2003 p. 436〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Europe a Prophecy」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|