Viscomi, Joseph 1952-

Overview

Works:	34 works in 110 publications in 1 language and 1,847 library holdings
Genres:	Manuscripts Illustrated works Poetry Pictures Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Songs History Bibliography Children's songs
Roles:	Author, Editor, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PR4144, 821.7

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Joseph Viscomi

Blake and the idea of the book by Joseph Viscomi( Book )

12 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this highly innovative "history of the book," Joseph Viscomi drastically revises our understanding of William Blake as he explores the technology behind the Illuminated Books. By using facsimiles created in his own studio, Viscomi, an experienced printmaker, offers the most complete explanation of how the illuminated plates were made, how Blake's techniques compared to other eighteenth-century print technologies, and how the plates were printed and the impressions colored. His analysis of these procedures reveals that the Illuminated Books were produced in small editions and not, as is assumed, one copy at a time and by commission. These new facts of production redefine such basic concepts in Blake scholarship as "style," "period," "intention," and "difference," which in turn alter the dates of nearly all copies of all the Illuminated Books and refute current approaches to reading and editing Blake. By placing Blake's modes of production in their historical, technical, and aesthetic context, Viscomi enables us to see how profoundly Blake's metaphors, images, symbols, themes, and analogies are grounded in graphic execution, while exposing a wealth of connections between material processes and larger meanings throughout the works

The early illuminated books by William Blake( Book )

23 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected edition volume 3

Milton a poem, and the final illuminated works : the ghost of Abel, On Homers poetry, [and] On Virgil Laocoön by William Blake( Book )

17 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 502 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Blake's Milton, one of his two great illuminated epics, is featured in this fifth volume of the Blake Trust collected edition of Blake's illuminated books. This is the first-ever reproduction of the magnificent copy of Milton in the New York Public Library, presented here in full colour. As the editors demonstrate, this was Blake's own copy and reflects his final intentions for one of his most sublime, and at the same time most personal, poems. Blake's three final works in illuminated printing, The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry [and] On Virgil, and Laocoon, are also included in this volume. Although brief, these texts and their accompanying designs present some of Blake's most important statements on art, religion, and the spirit of imagination they share. Nineteen additional illustrations of related drawings and variant printings of the plates, many in colour, supplement all four works. Milton is a difficult and cryptic poem for those uninitiated in the ways of Blake's allusive and allegorical style. In an introductory essay, the editors directly address the nature of the poem's complexity, demonstrate how Blake's methods set out to disconcert conventional concepts of time, space, and human identity, and suggest some ways readers coming to Milton for the first time can understand and enjoy the challenges it offers. The editors also present a plate-by-plate commentary on how the illustrations contribute to the creation of a composite, visual-verbal experience. The extensive notes to the newly-edited letterpress text will also assist readers through Milton, its central themes and its byways, its heights and its depths. An equally helpful introduction and notes are provided for the three shorter works. Scholars will find much new information in this volume. The editors describe the experimental graphic techniques Blake used in Milton and uncover the multiple layers of revision he lavished on the copy reproduced. A previously unrecognized version of one of the most important full-page designs is described for the first time, while the generally-accepted dates of composition for the three final illuminated works have been revised substantially. The introduction and notes offer fresh insights into the difficult relationship between Blake and his patron William Hayley that in turn shaped Blake's sense of his great predecessor, John Milton, and the role he would play in Milton

The William Blake archive : a hypermedia archive( )

in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comprehensive site dedicated to the literary and artistic works of William Blake. Featured in the Archive, are illuminated books and non-illuminated materials. Some of the non-illuminated books include: commercial book illustrations, manuscripts, drawings and paintings in pen, pencil, monochrome, and color. Direct access to the online version of David Erdman's The Complete poetry and prose of William Blake is also available via this site

The William Blake archive by William Blake( )

in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Blake archive contains fully searchable and scalable electronic editions of 27 copies of 16 of Blake's 19 illuminated works. The Archive provides context for the full, up-to-date bibliographic information about each image, transcriptions of all texts, detailed descriptions of all images, and extensive bibliographies. The Archive also contains one copy of all the illuminated books, including the longest, Jerusalem (100 plates), and multiple copies of several, along with a searchable new electronic version of David V. Erdman's Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, the standard printed edition for reference. A growing number of contributors, currently eight American and British institutions and a major private collector, have given the Archive permission to include thousands of Blake's images and texts without fees

Playing with the toy theatre : an essay on the toy and the theatre it illustrates : [essays and catalogue of the travelling exhibition, the drama in a romantic child's eye] by Joseph Viscomi( Book )

3 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Once, only imagind : an interview with Morris Eaves, Robert N. Essick, and Joseph Viscomi by Morris Eaves( )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The art of William Blake's illuminated prints by Joseph Viscomi( Book )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The workshop of William Blake : the making of an illuminated book by Joseph Viscomi( )

5 editions published between 1980 and 1986 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Blake at Cornell : an annotated checklist of works by and about William Blake in the Cornell University Libraries and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum by Cornell University( Book )

1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Blake's illuminated books by William Blake( Book )

6 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Blake's illuminated books by William Blake( Book )

6 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Milton, a poem and the final illuminated works by William Blake( Book )

3 editions published between 1993 and 1998 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Blake in a post-secular era : early prophecies by Karl Kroeber( Book )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Songs of innocence by William Blake( Book )

1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

' ... Contains all thirty-one of Blake's original color plates [1789 ed.] ... and presents them in the manner of the early copies, on facing color pages'. -- Publisher's note

William Blake's An island in the moon by William Blake( Visual )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This film is noted for its authentic Blakean humour and the eighteenth-century style music that provides the perfect setting for Blake's wit

William Blake, illustrator & poet : an exhibition of book illustrations, original engravings, and illuminated books in facsimile from the collections of Cornell University : April 1-May 6, 1983, Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York( Book )

1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The William Blake Archive( )

4 editions published between 1996 and 1999 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Comprehensive site dedicated to the literary and artistic works of William Blake. Featured in the Archive, are illuminated books and non-illuminated materials. Some of the non-illuminated books include: commercial book illustrations, manuscripts, drawings and paintings in pen, pencil, monochrome, and color. Direct access to the online version of David Erdman's The Complete poetry and prose of William Blake is also available via this site

Fine print( )

in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Blake's illuminated word by Joseph Viscomi( )

1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide