1825
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Book of Job: Pl. 8, Let the Day perish wherein I was Born is a 1825 by William Blake, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white print shows three people in a dim, shadowy room. One man sits with his arms raised, his face twisted in grief. Two others kneel beside him, one with their head down, looking lost. The walls are simple, and a window lets in faint light. The text above and below the scene is from the Bible’s Book of Job, describing deep sorrow. The artist used strong contrasts between light and dark to show emotion. Look up Romanticism to see how artists used feeling over realism.
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker.
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