Unit 5 - Art History 19th Century

The Pre-Raphaelites.

The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of british painters, poets and Critics.

The main leaders and founders of this group where

- William Holman Hunt

- John Everett Millais

- Dante Gabrial Rosetti

          

This Rebellious gropu was formed in 1848 which included another 4 members and where known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Their Idea of art was to be classical and not the mechanistic style of that time, they preferred elegant poses. They had seen the new mode of art was corrupting art studies to people who are learning with the mechanistic culture.

They all used to sign their works with the initials of P.R.B Because they wanted to remain anonymous.

                            

The main themes of their work was romance of the past in the medieval times 

They wanted to show issues that were happening in that moment in time, Like prostituion & Emigration.

They show alot of classical religious aspects that they were inspired from by previous artists before them.

  

One of their largest critics was the world's Most known Charles Dickens, he stated that they made the art to realistic for that moment in time but john ruskin stood up for their defence against the art critics of that era in time.

In 1854 the group had split up but their works were widely known and popular between the 50's and 60's, But in the late 50's Dante Gabriel Rosetti was working with younger artists and were painting more in a mystical romanticsm style and this went through academic success.

                                          

Bibliography

- Brittanica Encyclopedia. (Unknown) The Pre-Raphaelites [Online]

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- Googlw Images (Unknown) The Pre-Raphaelites Images [Online]
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Date Accessed : 01/05/2014