"He believed he saw angels and his art was supposed to convey some of that experience."
Curator Constance McPhee on William Blake's "The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins."
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How William Blake uses light as a symbol to cast the difference between two groups
"He believed he saw angels and his art was supposed to convey some of that experience."
Constance C. McPhee
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Constance C. McPhee
Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
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William Blake
ca. 1799–1800