William Blake's print entitled The Whirlwind of Lovers; the Circle of the Luxurious (Fig.1.) depicts a scene from Dante's Divine Comedy. In the essay The Language of The Prophetic Art Bindman the main points were that throughout Blake's life his art developed and evolved reflecting earlier techniques of the past, some which he continued to use in his artwork and others which he rejected later in his career. He supports this point by comparing Blake's artwork to that of other artists before his time or during his time and using these examples as clear examples of Blake adopting other styles and incorporating them into his artwork. In the essay Bindman addressed the main points Blake's gradual change of style in his artwork and adoption of other styles. He does this by stating that Blake's artwork depicts each figure with differentiated characteristics, citing that this type of style was associated with Raphael's time, during the High Renaissance movement. He states that "later in his artistic career, Blake began eliminating background figures and showing strong facial expressions in foreground figures." And he cites the works Europa (n. 44) (fig. 2.), The book of Urizen (tab. IV) (fig. 3.) and Plague (n. 12) (fig. 4.), examples of where the main figures show intense emotions. He shows these examples of changing styles of Blake's artwork to support his point that Blake's artwork always evolved gradually throughout his artistic career. I agree with this point because of the numerous examples given of Blake's artwork incorporating the use of intense emotions in the figures. Bindman continues to address the evolution of Blake's artistic techniques while also stating how during the 1790s Blake's artwork became more expressive of the human body. It is...... middle of paper...... of the country. After this change, his artwork focused on compositional symmetry and the representation of light. Works Cited Bindman, David. 1982. The language of prophetic art. Great Britain: Thames and Hudson.Blake, William. 1824. Beatrice addresses Dante by Car.Blake, William. 1794. Europe a Prophecy.Blake, William. 1805. Plague.Blake, William. 1804. Plate 76 of Jersualem.Blake, William. 1794. The Book of Urizen.Blake, William. 1827. The Lovers' Vortex.Gardner, Charles. 2010. William Blake: The Man. Project Gutenberg.Gilchrist, Alexander. 1880. Life of William Blake.Le Brun, Charles. 1760. Terror or fear. The bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1967.vol. 8. 25 vols.Wedmore, Fredrick. 1900. Dictionary of National Biography Issac Basire. vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. William, Blake. 1795. Newton.