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In this essay I will discuss how pre-raphaelite art was a reflection of Victorian society, with particular emphasis on the ‘Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’. How this form of art was used to represent Victorian male middle-class values with its uses of, patriarchy, religion, myth, and legend to represent ‘The imperial Age’ of Victorian Britain.
Pre –raphaelite art is most easily identified by a group of young British painters who banded together in 1848 in reaction against what they conceived to be the unimaginative and artificial historical painting of the Royal Academy and who purportedly sought to express a new moral seriousness and sincerity in their works. They were called ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’. ...
They were inspired by Italian art of the 14th and 15th centuries, and their adoption of the name Pre-Raphaelite expressed their admiration for what they saw as the direct and uncomplicated depiction of nature typical of Italian painting before the High Renaissance and, particularly, before the time of Raphael. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in 1848 by three Royal Academy students, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who was a gifted poet as well as a painter, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais, all under 25. ... The painters William Dyce and Ford Madox Brown were also notable practitioners of the Pre-Raphaelite style
Issues of morality were central for the Victorians. ... The extreme virtuosity that the women were expected to uphold is unimaginable in todays society. ... Victorian society held a double standard for men and women. ... As well, the mans hat on the table tells us he is a visitor to the home. ...
The artwork of the Pre-Raphaelites exemplified the view that middle-class Victorian values represented the nations ideals. It was moralizing narrative art. ... Their works display a blend of romantic idealism and medievalism, with a dose of Victorian morality.
There was a separate tradition within the Pre-Raphaelite movement of purely landscape painting, but the artists in this period were best known for their depictions of beautiful women.
Approximate Word count = 1564
Approximate Pages = 6.3
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