3/30/2026 at 9:39:47 PM
Blake's and Durer's artwork are two of my favorites.What I find so teasingly difficult to explain is that despite being so different there is some shared aesthetic value between them that I cannot quite pin down in words.
Perhaps their strong geometric undertones and a certain muscularity in them.
by srean
3/31/2026 at 2:33:43 AM
Non-“art first”, cosmological (in the religious sense), sketch-forward detail as principal expressive form… I mean one studied the other right? And the author of this piece wrote about Durer as wellby hammock
3/31/2026 at 2:56:52 AM
Agree with your observation. Blake and Durer both worked in printmaking. I wonder if the processes and aesthetics there resulted in some detectable affinity between their works.by timoteostewart
3/31/2026 at 3:24:51 AM
Toss in some Bosch for flavor.Those three guys could wipe the floor with most of modern art.
(The Blake painting is tucked away in an almost-attic of the now "Tate Britain" old building in a quiet out of the way street, while the "Tate Modern" blockhouse graces the Thames south bank, mostly filled with glitzy trash. So it goes.)
by B1FF_PSUVM
3/31/2026 at 12:37:24 PM
Thanks for introducing me to Bosch. I immediately recognised many of his works, but the his name had not registered.by srean