Moses and the Burning Bush
1802
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1802
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Moses and the Burning Bush is a 1802 watercolor by William Blake, a british_romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a bearded man in a long robe standing barefoot on a rocky ledge. Behind him, a bush with orange flames burns, and a cloudy sky swirls with blue and gray. To the right, a dark, shadowy figure with curved horns and a long tail crouches near a rock. The artist used loose, sketchy lines and bright colors to make the scene feel dreamlike. The flames and clouds look almost alive, blending into the sky. Look up Romanticism to see how this style changed art in the 1800s.
