The Awakening Conscience

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The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pre-Raphaelite painting
oil painting
painting
artist William Holman Hunt
artworkStyle highly detailed
realist
symbolic
collection Tate
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator William Holman Hunt
depicts interior of a Victorian room
kept woman
man at a piano
moment of spiritual realization
moral awakening
depictsMoment sudden realization of guilt
woman rising from man’s lap
genre moral realism
hasPart carpet with floral pattern
cat under the table
clock
discarded glove
garden outside
mirror
open window
ornate furniture
religious symbolism
ring on the woman’s finger
sheet music
inception 1853
inspiredBy Victorian concerns about prostitution
languageOfTitle English
location Tate Britain
mainSubject fallen woman
redemption
repentance
materialUsed oil paint
movement Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
partOf Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite moral series by William Holman Hunt

Victorian art
support canvas
theme Victorian morality
sexual morality
sin and redemption
social critique
spiritual awakening
title The Awakening Conscience self-link

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Pre-Raphaelite art notableWork The Awakening Conscience
William Holman Hunt notableWork The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience title The Awakening Conscience self-link