Art, Symbol & Imagination
Reason, Desire and the Flames: Plate 5
An inverted body and an orange airborne figure turn around a blue curling form. Tongues of fire rise beneath them against the dark upper design. The accompanying prose considers restrained desire and rereads the religious opposition between reason and energy through Milton’s Paradise Lost.
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William Blake. "Reason, Desire and the Flames: Plate 5" [editorial title]. In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake. Complete27 historical engraved plates selected from the supplied1994Dover digital facsimile; modern editorial matter and separate typeset transcription excluded, 1994, Dover Publications. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0369-0005
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A facsimile reproduction of William Blake’s illuminated book. Lettering and imagery are preserved together where they form a unified plate.
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William Blake. Reason, Desire and the Flames: Plate 5. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0369-0005