Between Paintings and Poetry
In art, it refers to the
Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood, a group
of avantgarde
painters
(associated with the
art critic John Ruskin).
In literature it
describes the poets
who had some
connections with
these artists and
whose work shares
some of the
characteristics of PreRaphaelite art.
The Pre-Raphaelites turned away from the materialism of
industrialised England.
Beauty and comparative simplicity of
the Medioeval world
Fidelity to nature: first-hand ditailed
representation of humble objects and
natural elements in natural light
Preference of bright, jewel-like
colours that where often used in a
symbolic way
Rossetti concentrated on bust-length oil
paintings of sensuous beautiful women
rendered in vibrant colours (whose image
defied every Victorian convention).
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Several of its members wrote poetry
themselves.
Pre-Rapahelite paintings were inspired by
the works of Dante, Shakespeare, Keats
and Tennyson
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Emphasis on beautiful, sensuous details
Symblic meaning associated with common
objects or situations
Feelings of nostalgia for a dream-like
medieval world
Use of melodious language
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
John Millais
William Holman Hunt
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John Millais
William Holman Hunt
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
John Millais
William Holman Hunt