Pre-Raphaelite
Before-Raphael movement
Pre-Raphaelite refers to a group of English painters, poets, and critics who formed a brotherhood in 1848, rejecting the academic conventions that had dominated art since Raphael.
They favored vivid colors, intricate detail, and medieval or literary subjects.
The style suggests romantic intensity and decorative richness: Pre-Raphaelite reds and greens, hair with a Pre-Raphaelite wildness.
A Pre-Raphaelite woman has the pale skin, flowing hair, and dreamy expression seen in paintings by Rossetti and his circle.
Greek name meaning help
- AnnunciationGabriel's announcement to Mary
- IsabellaSpanish royal name
- MarianaName for deepest waters
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- medievalismStudy of Middle Ages
- moral narrativeStory conveying ethical lessons
- bright paletteSaturated color selection
jewel tones · allegory · iconography · stunner · femme fatale
Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- Gothic RevivalArchitectural return to medieval forms
- decorative artsCrafts combining function and beauty
- stained glassColored window art
- book illustrationImage in published volume
British medieval king mythology
- Shakespearean dramaPlay by the Bard
- biblical narrativeAccount from sacred texts
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- TennysonVictorian English poet laureate
Dante Alighieri · courtly love · fallen woman · redemption · temptation · chivalry · romantic tragedy · unrequited love
Ophelia
Greek name meaning help
- AnnunciationGabriel's announcement to Mary
- IsabellaSpanish royal name
- MarianaName for deepest waters
naturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- medievalismStudy of Middle Ages
- moral narrativeStory conveying ethical lessons
bright palette · jewel tones · allegory · iconography · stunner · femme fatale
Art Nouveau
Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- Gothic RevivalArchitectural return to medieval forms
- decorative artsCrafts combining function and beauty
- stained glassColored window art
book illustration · embroidery · wallpaper design · textile arts · applied arts
William Morris
Victorian pattern designer
Arthurian legend
British medieval king mythology
- Shakespearean dramaPlay by the Bard
- biblical narrativeAccount from sacred texts
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
Dante Alighieri · Tennyson · courtly love · fallen woman · redemption · temptation · chivalry · romantic tragedy · unrequited love · holy grail
Pre-RaphaeliteHigh Renaissance
Italian art's zenith period
Raphael · neoclassical · classical · Beaux-Arts · idealized
Pre-Raphaeliteminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
austere · restrained · stark · modern · abstract