William Blake's Painting

     This is an image that was created by William Blake. As you can see there are many specific uses of characters in this painting. William Blake was known for many certain talents in his era. One talent he had was writing romantic poetry. Blake was admirable at writing poetry because he could connect with the reader, and paint clearly detailed pictures with his words. Most of Blake's poetry reflected something from the bible, whether it be Jesus himself or a story form the bible. But Blake was special because he was one of the only poets that would paint and also write poetry. I believe that William Blake used this task as an advantage for writing his poetry. Since he paints along with writing, he had great descriptive writing skills.
      As a young child Blake grew up wanting to be a famous painter. During his teen years Blake went to art school to practice his artistic skills. Not only was unique for painting and writing poetry, he was one that related his pictures and writing to biblical references. Blake being the the detailed poet he was, could clearly present symbolism to the reader. He often would use things to represent other objects, for instance Blake would use non humane objects to represent the differences between heaven and hell. Most of the time he would use a lamb to symbolize Jesus. Even though in this painting of his there are many animals, I believe that Jesus is the man in the red clothing protecting the angel from the animals.
      I think the moral to this story is that Jesus himself can protect society, or an angel in this case from any living object. This painting by Blake consists of many rare features. One thing to point out is the sun rising with stars in the sky. Blake also chose a rare species of animals to partake in this painting. I believe the most important aspect of Blake's painting's are the true symbolic meaning of them. Many of Blake's paintings are magnificent, I like the way Blake uses unrealistic situations and makes you feel like this can occur. Blake is a great poet, but he is also an amazing artist.