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[[Image:Millaisblindgirl.jpg|right|240px|thumb|''The Blind Girl'' by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, 1856.]]
[[Image:Millaisblindgirl.jpg|right|240px|thumb|''The Blind Girl'' by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, 1856.]]
The '''Pre-Raphaelites''' (''Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,'' ''PRB'') were a Victorian-era group of artists which later grew to include poets and writers. The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites often featured an extremely high degree of realism (what would now be called "photorealism"); religious and mythical themes; and pictures that seem to tell a story, or a part of a story (with titles that often confirm that interpretation).
The '''Pre-Raphaelites''' (''Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,'' ''PRB'') were a Victorian-era (1848 - late 19th Century) group of artists which later grew to include poets and writers. The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites often featured an extremely high degree of realism (what would now be called "photorealism"); religious and mythical themes; and pictures that seem to tell a story, or a part of a story (with titles that often confirm that interpretation).
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Their central doctrine was that artists should seek to represent the natural world. They believed that the only great art was before high renaissance, before [[Raphael]]... They were aimed to reform art by rejecting practices of contemporary academic British Art... Their subject matters were from medieval tales, bible stories, classical mythology, and nature. [http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c19th/realism.htm]
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Famous Pre-Raphaelite artists included William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), and Edward Burne-Jones. [[William Morris]], founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, and art critic [[John Ruskin]] were loosely associated with the group.
Famous Pre-Raphaelite artists included William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), and Edward Burne-Jones. [[William Morris]], founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, and art critic [[John Ruskin]] were loosely associated with the group.
[[Image:Millaishouseparents.jpg|left|300px|thumb|''Christ in the House of his Parents'' by John Everett Millais, (1849-50)]]
[[Image:Millaishouseparents.jpg|left|300px|thumb|''Christ in the House of his Parents'' by John Everett Millais, (1849-50)]]