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* MisaimedFandom: "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake) Newton]]", due to its "heroic" style, is widely misinterpreted as an approving depiction of UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton (eg in the three-dimensional sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi inspired by it). In fact, the anti-materialist and mystically Christian Blake intended the work as a caricature mocking Newton for paying attention to insignificant things on Earth when he should have been thinking about his immortal soul. This is made clear by the engraving's original subtitle, ''Personification of Man Limited by Reason''.

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* MisaimedFandom: "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake) Newton]]", due to its "heroic" style, is widely misinterpreted as an approving depiction of UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton (eg in the three-dimensional sculpture {{sculpture|s}} by Eduardo Paolozzi inspired by it). In fact, the anti-materialist and mystically Christian Blake intended the work as a caricature mocking Newton for paying attention to insignificant things on Earth when he should have been thinking about his immortal soul. This is made clear by the engraving's original subtitle, ''Personification of Man Limited by Reason''.
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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Standouts include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea]] (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[ComicBook/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].

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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Standouts include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea]] (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[ComicBook/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].Nebuchadnezzar]].

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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Eamples include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea]] (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[ComicBook/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].

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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Eamples Standouts include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea]] (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[ComicBook/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].
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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Eamples include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea" (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[Comic/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].

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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Eamples include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, "https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea" Flea]] (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[Comic/FromHell [[ComicBook/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].
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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork.

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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork.artwork, with Blake's detailed art style creating a range of truly bizarre images. Eamples include Blake's illustrations of the ''Divine Comedy'' and Book of Revelations, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_of_a_Flea#/media/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea" (especially in light of Creator/AlanMoore's [[Comic/FromHell interpretation]] of the image), the surreal, [[Creator/FranciscoDeGoya Goya]]-esque [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_of_Enitharmon%27s_Joy#/media/File:William_Blake_006.jpg "The Night of Enitharmon's Joy"]], this [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen#/media/File:Urizen_Plate_9_William_Blake.jpg illustration]] from ''The Book of Urizen'...but the worst is probably the eerie ThousandYardStare in Blake's painting of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_(Blake)#/media/File:William_Blake_-_Nebuchadnezzar_(Tate_Britain).jpg Nebuchadnezzar]].
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* FairForItsDay: "The Little Black Boy" from ''Songs of Innocence" depicts the black race as inherently fated to suffering for the protection of the white race. However, it also depicts them as fundamentally equal in God's view, and destined to dwell un-segregated in Heaven, which was a very radical idea for the time.
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* MisaimedFandom: "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(Blake) Newton]]", due to its "heroic" style, is widely misinterpreted as an approving depiction of UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton (eg in the three-dimensional sculpture by Eduardo Paolozzi inspired by it). In fact, the anti-materialist and mystically Christian Blake intended the work as a caricature mocking Newton for paying attention to insignificant things on Earth when he should have been thinking about his immortal soul. This is made clear by the engraving's original subtitle, ''Personification of Man Limited by Reason''.
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* NightmareFuel: Both the poems and his artwork.

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