Pre-Raphaelite art
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Pre-Raphaelite art is a 19th-century British movement characterized by vivid color, meticulous detail, and romantic or medieval themes in reaction against academic painting conventions.
Aliases (12)
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ×40
- Pre-Raphaelite ×11
- Pre-Raphaelite movement ×4
- Pre-Raphaelite circle ×3
- Pre-Raphaelitism ×3
- Pre-Raphaelite paintings ×2
- British Symbolism ×1
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ideals ×1
- Pre-Raphaelite art canon ×1
- Pre-Raphaelite artists ×1
- Pre-Raphaelite moral series by William Holman Hunt ×1
- Pre-Raphaelite style ×1
Statements (98)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
19th-century art movement
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art movement → |
| aimedTo |
emulate art before Raphael
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return to truth to nature → revive sincerity in art → |
| associatedWith |
Arts and Crafts decorative design
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Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. → Oxford Union murals → Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| documentedIn |
The Germ
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contemporary Victorian art criticism → |
| endTime |
late 19th century
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| exhibitedAt |
Grosvenor Gallery
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Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857 → Royal Academy of Arts → |
| genre |
history painting
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landscape painting → literary painting → portraiture → religious painting → |
| hasCharacteristic |
anti-academic stance
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bright, jewel-like palette → emphasis on symbolism → flattened picture space → idealized beauty → literary subject matter → medieval themes → medievalism → meticulous detail → moral seriousness → naturalistic detail → romantic themes → sharp focus throughout the image → vivid color → |
| hasNotableArtist |
Arthur Hughes
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti → Edward Burne-Jones → Elizabeth Siddal → Evelyn De Morgan → Ford Madox Brown → Frederic Sandys → John Brett → John Everett Millais → John William Waterhouse → Marie Spartali Stillman → Simeon Solomon → William Holman Hunt → William Morris → |
| hasPart |
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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late Pre-Raphaelite movement → second-generation Pre-Raphaelites → |
| influenced |
20th-century fantasy art
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Aestheticism → Art Nouveau → Arts and Crafts movement → Symbolism → fantasy illustration → late 19th-century book illustration → |
| influencedBy |
Gothic Revival
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John Ruskin’s art criticism → Quattrocento art → Romanticism → early Italian Renaissance painting → medieval art → |
| movementOf |
decorative arts
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drawing → illustration → painting → |
| notableWork |
Beata Beatrix
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Ophelia → The Awakening Conscience → The Beguiling of Merlin → The Blessed Damozel → The Blind Girl → The Golden Stairs → The Hireling Shepherd → The Lady of Shalott → The Lady of Shalott (Waterhouse) → The Last of England → The Light of the World → The Scapegoat → |
| period |
Victorian era
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| reactionAgainst |
Royal Academy conventions
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academic painting → idealized classicism → |
| startTime |
1848
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| typicalSubject |
Arthurian legends
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Dante’s writings → Shakespearean themes → biblical scenes → contemporary moral narratives → medieval romance → |
| usesTechnique |
brightly colored glazes
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careful underdrawing → detailed foreground flora → painting from nature → symbolic use of plants and objects → |
Referenced by (74)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Arthur Hughes
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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Arthur Hughes ("Pre-Raphaelite movement") → Beata Beatrix ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Dante Gabriel Rossetti ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Edward Burne-Jones ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Elizabeth Siddal ("Pre-Raphaelite") → Evelyn De Morgan ("Pre-Raphaelite movement") → Ford Madox Brown ("Pre-Raphaelite movement") → Frederic Sandys ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Frederic Sandys ("Pre-Raphaelitism") → John Everett Millais ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → John Everett Millais ("Pre-Raphaelitism") → John William Waterhouse ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. ("Pre-Raphaelite movement") → Ophelia ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Simeon Solomon ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Awakening Conscience ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Beguiling of Merlin ("Pre-Raphaelite") → The Blessed Damozel ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Blind Girl ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Germ ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Golden Stairs ("Pre-Raphaelite") → The Hireling Shepherd ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Last of England ("Pre-Raphaelite") → The Light of the World ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → The Scapegoat ("Pre-Raphaelite") → William Holman Hunt ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → William Morris ("Pre-Raphaelite circle") → |
movement |
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Aestheticism
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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Arthur Hughes ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ideals") → Aubrey Beardsley ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Fernand Khnopff ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → John William Waterhouse ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Simeon Solomon ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Symbolist movement in art ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Walter Crane ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → William Morris ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → |
influencedBy |
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Arthur Hughes
("Pre-Raphaelite circle")
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Elizabeth Siddal ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Ford Madox Brown ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Frederic Sandys ("Pre-Raphaelite circle") → Grosvenor Gallery ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → Pre-Raphaelite art ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → |
associatedWith |
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Beata Beatrix
("Pre-Raphaelite")
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Elizabeth Siddal ("Pre-Raphaelite style") → Ophelia ("Pre-Raphaelite") → The Beguiling of Merlin ("Pre-Raphaelite") → William Holman Hunt ("Pre-Raphaelitism") → |
artStyle |
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The Awakening Conscience
("Pre-Raphaelite moral series by William Holman Hunt")
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The Beguiling of Merlin ("Pre-Raphaelite art canon") → The Scapegoat → |
partOf |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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William Holman Hunt ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → |
coFounded |
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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Manchester Art Gallery → |
hasCollection |
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Ford Madox Brown
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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Nazarene movement ("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood") → |
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The Golden Stairs
("British Symbolism")
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artHistoricalContext |
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The Blind Girl
("Pre-Raphaelite")
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artisticStyle |
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Victorian aesthetics
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associatedWithMovement |
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John Everett Millais
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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co-founded |
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Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857
("Pre-Raphaelite paintings")
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exhibitedWork |
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The Germ
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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foundedBy |
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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Victorian era
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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hasCulturalMovement |
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Hogsmill River
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hasCulturalSignificance |
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Evelyn De Morgan
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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hasInfluence |
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Walker Art Gallery
("Pre-Raphaelite paintings")
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hasNotableWork |
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Pre-Raphaelite art
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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The Blessed Damozel
("Pre-Raphaelite")
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literaryMovement |
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John Everett Millais
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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member of |
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William Holman Hunt
("Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood")
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memberOf |
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The Golden Stairs
("Pre-Raphaelite")
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style |
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The Germ
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subject |