Pre-Raphaelite

The mid-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite art movement aimed to revive the sharp detail and shiny colors typical of earlier eras, such as the Renaissance. Artists like Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John William Waterhouse who have been involved in this movement have painted scenes deriving inspiration from nature, literature, and mythology. Very often, their works are laden with romantic and emotional themes that combine with beauty and storytelling. The Pre-Raphaelites were against mainstream academic art of the time and produced works that breathed their wholesome life and symbolism. Find some taste of this dreamy, poetic world in these works.