PRE-RAPHAELITE ART

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. Updated frequently. Click through for hi-res (some images are huge)

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John William Waterhouse, Jason and Medea, 1907

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The Enchantress by Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1924   

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The Sleeping Beauty (1921) by John Collier (1850-1934).

English artist and an author. Painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation.

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Ophelia (detail) Thomas Francis Dicksee

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Edward Burne-Jones, Cupid Finding Psyche, c. 1865

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Albert Joseph Moore ‘Midsummer’ 1887

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The Soul’s Prison House Evelyn De Morgan 

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Medusa Frederick Sandys 

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Fame Edmund Blair Leighton

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Girl Playing Music, Marie Spartali Stillman

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Dorothea and the Roses Henry Ryland 

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Gentle Spring Frederick Sandys 

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Bianca William Holman Hunt  1859 

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Miranda Frederick Sandys 1868 

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Faticida Frederic Leighton 1894 

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Passion Frank Bernard Dicksee 1892 

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Lux In Tenebris Evelyn De Morgan 1895