art history meme: (1/5) movements – The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters, poets, and critics that were founded in 1848. The group’s intention was to reform art by rejecting what it considered the mechanistic approach first adopted by Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo.
Lady Godiva by John Collier, 1897
Lady of Shalot by John William Waterhouse, 1888
Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse, 1896
God Speed! by Edward Leighton, 1900
Ophelia by John William Waterhouse, 1889
A Middleground 