4th Quarter Arts 2

1. PRE-RAPHAELITES

2. • Pre-Raphaelites-a group of 19th-century
English painters, poets, and critics who
reacted against Victorian materialism and the
neoclassical conventions of academic art by
producing earnest, quasi-religious works. The
group was inspired by medieval and early
Renaissance painters up to the time of the
Italian painter Raphael.

3. History
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
was established in 1848.

4. Founders and their Works

5. Dante Gabriel
Rossetti (1828-1882),
English poet and
painter who was a
leading member of
the Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood devoted
to reviving English art
through medieval
inspiration.

6. “Proserpine”

7. “The Girlhood of Virgin Mary”

8. Sir John Everett
Millais (1829-
96), English
painter, born in
Southampton, an
d educated in art
at the Royal
Academy of Arts
in London.

9. “Christ In The House Of His Parents”

10. “Ophelia”

11. William Holman
Hunt (1827-1910)

12. “The Return of the Dove to the Ark”

13. “The Hireling Shepherd”

14. “The Finding of the Savior in the Temple”

16. The Brotherhood's early doctrines
were expressed in four declarations
• to have genuine ideas to express
• to study Nature attentively, so as to know how to
express them
• to sympathize with what is direct and serious and
heartfelt in previous art, to the exclusion of what
is conventional and self-parodying and learned by
rote
• most indispensable of all, to produce thoroughly
good pictures and statues

17. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
• James Collinson (painter)
• William Holman Hunt (painter)
• John Everett Millais (painter)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (painter, poet)
• William Michael Rossetti (critic)
• Frederic George Stephens (critic)
• Thomas Woolner (sculptor, poet)

18. THE FOUR STEPS IN ART CRITICISM
Describe - what things are in the painting? Think of things like
clothing, environment, etc.
Analyze - how are the elements of art (line, shape, form,
texture, space, color and value) are used? How are the
principles of unity pattern, rhythm, variety, balance, emphasis
and proportion used?
Interpret - what is the artist trying to say to you? What is
going on in the picture or artwork?
Judgement- What do I think about this artwork? Do I like it?
Why or why not?

19. DESCRIBING ANALYZING INTERPRETING JUDGING
Subjects: Elements: Content:
•People •Colors •The artist’s statement
•Animals •Value •Meaning of the work
•Objects •Shapes •How do you relate to
•Scenes or events •Forms the painting?
•Lines •Why did the artist
Information: •Texture create the artwork?
(credit line) •Space
•Title
•Artist Principles:
•Year it was created •Unity pattern
•Size •Rhythm
•Location •Balance
•Variety
•Emphasis
•Proportion