{"product_id":"9783836519656-pre-raphaelites","title":"Pre-Raphaelites","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet to know the Pre-Raphaelites, an undercover brotherhood of poets, painters, and critics, often regarded as Britain’s first modern art movement. With key works by leading artists, this book explores the group’s rejection of Classical beauty ideals, and its reactionary immersion in nature, medieval culture, and literary emblems of love and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1848 as a \u003cstrong\u003esecret society\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong\u003ePre-Raphaelites \u003c\/strong\u003erejected classical ideals and the dominant artistic genre painting of their era for what they saw as a more \u003cstrong\u003espiritual, sincere, and naturalistic \u003c\/strong\u003eapproach. Founded by \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti\u003c\/strong\u003e, they evolved into a seven-member “brotherhood” that included poets and critics as well as painters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Moving away from the classical compositions exemplified by Raphael (hence the group’s name), the Pre-Raphaelites rather turned to\u003cstrong\u003e medieval culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003ejewel-like colors of Quattrocento art\u003c\/strong\u003e for inspiration. Their principal themes were initially religious, but also included subjects from\u003cstrong\u003e literature and poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e, as exemplified by Sir John Everett Millais’s famous \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOphelia\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003edrawn from Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eHamlet.\u003c\/em\u003e Inspired by the theories of John Ruskin, they were also committed to the\u003cstrong\u003e close study of nature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book presents key works from the Pre-Raphaelite group to introduce their reactionary principles, their dazzling colors, their interest in \u003cstrong\u003elove, death, and nature\u003c\/strong\u003e, and their extensive influence on latter-day Symbolism and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40691305414753,"sku":"9783836519656","price":15.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34504415.jpg?v=1759373361","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9783836519656-pre-raphaelites","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}