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[[Image:Millaisblindgirl.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Blind Girl (1856) by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829-1896)]] | [[Image:Millaisblindgirl.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Blind Girl (1856) by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829-1896)]] | ||
| − | The '''Pre-Raphaelites''' (''Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood,'' ''PRB'') | + | 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). |
Famous Pre-Raphaelite artists included William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, 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, and Edward Burne-Jones. [[William Morris]], founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, and art critic [[John Ruskin]] were loosely associated with the group. | ||
Revision as of 23:11, May 22, 2007
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).
Famous Pre-Raphaelite artists included William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and Edward Burne-Jones. William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, and art critic John Ruskin were loosely associated with the group.