America: A Prophecy Illustration | William Blake | 1793 20th Century In this Symbolist masterpiece

In this Symbolist masterpiece

adding layers of personal and symbolic meaning

typical of his Fauvist style

and a skull

threatened with divine judgment for its sins

America: A Prophecy Illustration | William Blake | 1793 20th Century In this Symbolist masterpieceAbout the artwork: William Blake was a visionary artist, poet, and printmaker whose work defied the conventions of his time and continues to resonate for its deeply symbolic and otherworldly qualities. A Romantic in spirit, Blake rejected materialism and rationalism, instead embracing a mystical worldview that celebrated imagination as the ultimate creative force. His illuminated manuscripts, such as Songs of Innocence and Experience, blend poetry