Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
Q
Founded date?
A
1848
2
Q
Who founded Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?
A
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
3
Q
What were they discontented with?
A
Royal Academy
4
Q
Later members?
A
- James Collinson
- William Rossetti
5
Q
Raphaelite meaning
A
- Back before Painter Raphael 1483 - 1520
- ‘purer’ Italian art
Similar to Rossetti’s poetry’s medieval focus
6
Q
How was Christina Rossetti involved in the brotherhood?
A
- Modelled for Dante –> ‘The Girlhood of Mary Virgin’
7
Q
Rossetti didn’t seek publication?
A
- Some published in ‘The Germ’ under another name
- She felt it was unfeminine
8
Q
Pre-Raphaelite style
A
- Detail in nature
- Rested movement
- Vibrancy of colour
- History paintings
- Religious stories
- Literature (Shakespeare and Keats)
- The plight of fallen women –> ‘The Awakening Conscience’
9
Q
Challenge Victorian women
A
- Painting of Lady Lilith –> witch and seductress
- Red-haired women + strong jawed + statuesque even masculine
- Prostitute
