William Blake
William Blake was born in London, England, 28 November 1757 and he is an English poet, British painter and Renaissance. During his life, he is not a figure of recognized and many know he is. But, this time Blake regarded as figure developed in the history of poetry and visual arts of age romanticist. When he nine years old, Blake talk he saw Allah “put his head to the window”, while walking in the countryside he saw a tree is full of Angels. His parents trying to prevent him from the “lie”, but his parents observed that he is different from his friends therefore they do not force Blake to school conventional. Due to view strangely it then, Blake considered crazy people his contemporaries and then Blake upheld by critics because creativity and the flow of hidden philosophical and mystical in his work. Now, painting and his poems marked as part of the movement romanticist and pre-romanticist due to perform in the 18th century. He respect the Bible and hostile to the Church of England. Blake influenced by the ideas and ambition the French revolution and America and then thinkers like Jakob bohme and Emanuel swedenborg. In addition, there is his parents which always support and can understand his different from other, then he learned read and wrote at home. When he ten
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Then, his parents know the talent of Blake which interest to draw then his parents support him by sending to drawing school. For the rest of his life, he dedicated his life as a sculptor and illustrator for books and magazines. In addition to his wife, Blake also began to train his brother that is Robert in drawing, painting and carving. Blake is a non conformist Associated with some thinkers radical leading on his day, such as Thomas Paine and Mary