pre-Raphaelite movement

(noun)

An art movement founded by a group of English painters, poets, and critics with the intention of reforming art by rejecting what they considered to be the mechanistic approach first adopted by the Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo.

Related Terms

  • Romanticism
  • feudalism

Examples of pre-Raphaelite movement in the following topics:

  • Japanese Art in the Meiji Period

    • Supported by Okakura and Fenollosa, the Nihonga style evolved with influences from the European pre-Raphaelite movement and European romanticism.
  • Pre-Raphaelites

    • The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848.
    • The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
    • The Pre-Raphaelites defined themselves as a reform movement, created a distinct name for their form of art, and published a periodical, The Germ, to promote their ideas.
    • In its early stages, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood believed its two interests were consistent with one another, but in later years the movement divided and moved in two separate directions.
    • The first exhibitions of Pre-Raphaelite work occurred in 1849.
  • Tempera

    • While the use of tempera became less popular following the Late Renaissance and Baroque eras, it has been periodically rediscovered by later artists such as William Blake, the Pre-Raphaelites and Otto Dix .
  • Romanticism

    • Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century.
    • In most areas the movement was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 CE to 1840 CE.
    • This proto-romantic movement was centered on literature and music, but also influenced the visual arts.
    • The movement emphasized individual subjectivity.
    • These pre-romantic works were fashionable in Germany from the 1760s on through the 1780s, illustrating a public audience for emotionally charged artwork.
  • Gothic Architecture and Sculpture

    • The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.
    • In England, the center of the Gothic revival, the movement was intertwined with philosophical trends associated with a reawakening of Christian traditions in response to the growth of religious nonconformism.
    • Proponents of the picturesque, such as Thomas Carlyle and Augustus Pugin, took a critical view of industrial society and portrayed pre-industrial medieval society as a golden age.
  • The Gothic Revival

    • The Gothic Revival was an architectural movement beginning in England during the 1740s that sought to revive medieval forms.
    • The Gothic Revival was primarily an architectural movement that began in 1740s England.
    • In England, the center of the Gothic revival, the movement was intertwined with philosophical trends associated with a reawakening of Christian traditions in response to the growth of religious nonconformism.
    • Supporters of medievalism criticized industrial society, believing the pre-industrial model to be a golden age.
    • Proponents of the picturesque, such as Thomas Carlyle and Augustus Pugin, took a critical view of industrial society and portrayed pre-industrial medieval society as a golden age.
  • Humanism

    • Humanism was an intellectual movement embraced by scholars, writers, and civic leaders in 14th century Italy.
    • Humanism, also known as Renaissance humanism, was an intellectual movement embraced by scholars, writers, and civic leaders in 14th and early 15th century Italy.
    • The movement developed in response to the medieval scholastic conventions in education at the time, which emphasized practical, pre-professional, and scientific studies engaged in solely for job preparation, and typically by men alone.
    • The movement was largely founded on the ideals of Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca, which were often centered around humanity's potential for achievement.
    • While humanism initially began as a predominantly literary movement, its influence quickly pervaded the general culture of the time, re-introducing classical Greek and Roman art forms and contributing to the development of the Renaissance.
  • Aboriginal Australian Art

    • The visual arts have a long history in Australia, from ancient Aboriginal rock paintings to colonial landscapes to contemporary movements of today.
    • Rock paintings are divided into three periods based on the styles and content of the art: the Pre-Estuarine Period (c. 40,000–6000 BCE), the Estuarine Period (c. 6000 BCE–500 CE), and the Fresh Water Period (c. 500 CE–present).
  • Video Art

    • Many of the early prominent video artists were those involved with concurrent movements in conceptual art, performance and experimental film.
    • An installation of nine television screens, Wipe Cycle combined live images of gallery visitors, found footage from commercial television, and shots from pre-recorded tapes.
    • Many of the early prominent video artists were those involved with concurrent movements in conceptual art, performance and experimental film.
  • The Spanish Conquest and Its Effects on Incan Art

    • It is estimated that parts of the empire, notably the Central Andes, suffered a population decline amounting to a staggering 93% of the pre-Columbian population by 1591.
    • Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador who was responsible for destroying much of the city of Cusco in 1535, built a new European-style city over pre-colonial foundations.
    • The Cusco School was a Roman Catholic art movement that began in Cusco, Peru during the early colonial period.
    • Most of the paintings were completed anonymously, a result of Pre-Columbian traditions that viewed art as a communal undertaking.
    • The works of this style or movement reflect the aesthetics of blending typical of other schools in the Americas from this era.
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