The short-lived but highly influential Pre-Raphaelite movement was a reform group of artists and poets founded in 1849. Their main objective in art was to reject the dramatic, artificial Mannerist painting styles succeeding Raphael and Michelangelo (hence the term "Pre-Raphaelite") and to create more genuine, humble representations of their subjects. They painted brightly-colored, evenly-lit scenes with a particular emphasis on romanticism, elaborate detail, medieval history, symbolism, and nature.
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2013/03/19
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Foundling Girls in their School Dresses at Prayer in the Chapel
Sophie Gengembre Anderson
2013/02/28
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The Fisherman and the Siren (Detail)
Frederic Lord Leighton
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