Art, Symbol & Imagination
A long body suspended between passages
A small horizontal body stretches across a dark band between two passages of illuminated text. Gold and grey forms sweep around the figure, separating it from the lettering above and below. The layout makes this small bodily image part of the page’s continuous movement.
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William Blake. "A long body suspended between passages" [editorial title]. In The Book of Urizen, William Blake. undated edition. Source scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/urizen-complete-15
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The Book of UrizenWilliam BlakeUndated editionMore from this book
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William Blake. A long body suspended between passages. The Book of Urizen. Scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/urizen-complete-15