William Blake & Brett Whiteley’s Sacred Dimensions of reality
William Blake & Brett Whiteley’s Sacred Dimensions of reality
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This research essay will be focusing on three ?texts? (the word ?text? here includes visual images). These texts include William Blake?s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Book of Job & Brett Whiteley?s Alchemy.
Specific Question:
William Blake ?If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite? (?The Marriage of Heaven and Hell? Plate 14).
Brett Whiteley ?I really paint?to see what I haven?t seen? quoted in Ashleigh Wilson, Brett Whiteley- Art, Life and the Other Thing, Text Publishing, 2016.
Both Blake and Whiteley as artists are preoccupied with the process of seeing, with what seeing means and does. Whiteley for example has a self-portrait in the middle of Alchemy with a sight line connecting his eyes to William Blake?s ?Grain of Sand?.
Part 1 (1500 words) Describe and contrast what it is that Blake and Whiteley see in four Blake plates ( 2 plates from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and 2 plates from Blake?s engravings to The Book of Job) and two panels from Brett Whiteley?s Alchemy.
Part 2 (500 words) From this description and contrast, write a conclusion in which you speculate what ?seeing? means for both Blake and Whiteley: what are the similarities and differences in how and what they see?
Part 1 must be 1500 words.
Part 2 must be 500 words.
Essay must be 2000 words in total. Do not exceed word limit.
Use MLA referencing.
Refer to at least five peer reviewed critical articles in your answer.
Ensure correct use of spelling, grammar and essay structure and flow.
