Pre-Raphaelites
Medieval-inspired British painters
The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters and poets formed in 1848 who rejected the academic conventions dominant since the High Renaissance, seeking instead the vivid color, intricate detail, and spiritual sincerity they saw in art before Raphael.
The movement included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and William Holman Hunt.
Their influence extended to poetry and decorative arts.
Pre-Raphaelite now describes art with similar qualities—medieval subjects, lush detail, dreamlike atmosphere: Her flowing red hair looked Pre-Raphaelite.
Greek name meaning help
- IsabellaSpanish royal name
- MarianaName for deepest waters
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- triptychArt in three panels
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- vivid colorIntensely saturated shade
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- medievalismStudy of Middle Ages
femme fatale · flowing hair · jewel tones · typology · Arthurian legend · Keats · Tennyson · Dante
Victorian pattern designer
- VictorianOf a prim era
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- rebellionDefiance of established power
Crafts combining function and beauty
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
- stained glassColored window art
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- wallpaperOrnamental wall covering
textile design · book illustration · furniture · woodcut · illumination · handcraft · medieval revival · pattern design
Medieval tales of Camelot
- courtly loveChivalric romantic ideal
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- fallen womanMorally disgraced female
- religious devotionSincere worship commitment
mortality · redemption · temptation · unrequited love · tragic heroines · martyrdom · chivalry · Guinevere
Ophelia
Greek name meaning help
- IsabellaSpanish royal name
- MarianaName for deepest waters
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
naturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- vivid colorIntensely saturated shade
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
medievalism · femme fatale · flowing hair · jewel tones · typology · Arthurian legend · Keats · Tennyson · Dante · Shakespeare
William Morris
Victorian pattern designer
- VictorianOf a prim era
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
decorative arts
Crafts combining function and beauty
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
- stained glassColored window art
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
wallpaper · textile design · book illustration · furniture · woodcut · illumination · handcraft · medieval revival · pattern design · applied arts
Arthurian romance
Medieval tales of Camelot
- courtly loveChivalric romantic ideal
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- fallen womanMorally disgraced female
religious devotion · mortality · redemption · temptation · unrequited love · tragic heroines · martyrdom · chivalry · Guinevere · Lancelot
- 19th century artsImpressionism, Romanticism, Realism, opera, symphony
- art historyart history, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, modern art
- 1840s-1850sOregon Trail, California Gold Rush, Mexican-American War, Manifest Destiny, Underground Railroad
- art movementsPop Art, pop art, Impressionism, impressionism, Surrealism
- British ArtBritish painters, Tate, David Hockney, Tate Gallery, Francis Bacon
- Literary Groupswriting group, writers group, poetry circle, writing circle, writers workshop
Pre-RaphaelitesNeoclassicism
Revival of ancient aesthetics
Mannerism · Royal Academy · High Renaissance · Baroque · Beaux-Arts
Pre-Raphaelitesstate-sponsored art
Artwork funded by government