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Title
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Title Page: The Book of Urizen (1958)
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Student Commentary:
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On the title page to The Book of Urizen (1958 facsimile), an elderly male figure, presumably Urizen, sits on top of a large book. Withered trees above him form several arches. Beneath the trees are two stone tablets with no visible writing on them. The overall color scheme of this particular plate is very dark and oppressive, with many of the images colored to seem as if they are rusting and rotting. Urizen’s eyes are closed, but eerily, completely white, so that it seems as if he is making direct, blinded contact with the person viewing the artwork.
