You Were Not Mad - William Blake an Introductory Video

Submitted by scotese on Thu, 2011-03-31 15:12
Teaching Level: 
High School

 This is a short (3 minute) Power Point movie that I've converted to Flash.  I show it at the beginning of our unit on William Blake - I want to show the students that he was as accomplished as a visual artist as he was as a poet.  I also believe that when they see how "modern" his art is - it gives them a gateway into how modern his poems will be as well.

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jmullan's picture

William Blake Was Not Mad

Submitted by jmullan on Tue, 2012-06-26 11:26.

Absolutely loved it! My students who are art students ate it up and all wanted to know where the song came from.

Leemozeen's picture

Really well done

Submitted by Leemozeen on Tue, 2011-04-26 10:15.

A really well done video, it sure does offer a great introduction for one of the greatest poets of all time!

"Colonel, We have managed to avoid drowning!"

JaneM's picture

A Perfect Introduction

Submitted by JaneM on Thu, 2011-04-14 17:03.

What a wide art collection. Hours of work. Thanks.

This art also brings out his ecstactic, mystical Christianity. I'm also going to mention the Doors, that their name came from "doors of perception" by Huxley who took the phrase from Blake.

scotese's picture

you're welcome

Submitted by scotese on Fri, 2011-04-15 14:19.

It was a lot of fun putting it together - and every year I added a picture or two - but now that I've converted it to Flash - I suppose it is kind of frozen. 

Lisa_D's picture

very nice

Submitted by Lisa_D on Sun, 2011-04-17 16:44.

 I play a similar slide show, but it has no music and not nearly as many pictures.  You must have worked hard to find all those.  The students are always caught off-guard and impressed by his artwork.