We establish new characterizations of the Bloch space B which include descriptions in terms of classical fractional derivatives. Being precise, for an analytic function f (z) = E∞n=0 ^f(n)zn in the unit disc D, we define the fractional derivative Dμ( f )(z) = ∞E n=0 ^f (n)/μ2n+1 zn induced by a radial weight μ, where μ2n+1 = S01r 2n+1μ(r) dr are the odd moments of μ. Then, we consider the space Bμ of analytic functions f in D such that f Bμ =supz∈D μ(z)|Dμ( f )(z)| < ∞, where μ(z) = S1 |z| μ(s) ds. We prove that Bμ is continously
embedded in B for any radial weight μ, and B = Bμ if and only if μ ∈ D = D ∩ Dq. A radial weight μ ∈ D if sup0≤r<1 μ(r) μ (1+r/2) < ∞ and a radial weight μ ∈ Dq if there exist K = K(μ) > 1 such that inf0≤r<1 μ(r) μ (1− 1−r/K) > 1.
