Large scroll views from Pre-Raphaelite painters

large Scroll views from Pre-Raphaelite painters

This is a selection of images featuring paintings by Pre-Raphaelite painters (English 19th century painters ). Choose an image and click. It will expand and automatically scroll view, revealing details you did not notice before. Awesome !

Portraits of lovely women by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Pre-Raphaelite painter)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) was an English painter and poet. He was famous for his paintings of beautiful women. He also helped found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

The Pre-Raphaelites on mythical themes

The Beguiling of Merlin (1874). By Edward Burne-Jones.

The Golden Stairs (1880). By Edward Burne-Jones.

King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid (1884). By Edward Burne-Jones.

Isabella

By John Everett Millais (1829–1896)

This painting is an episode from Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron novel Lisabetta e il testo di bassilico (1349-1353), reprised by John Keats’s poem, Isabella. It describes the relationship between Isabella, the sister of wealthy medieval merchants, and Lorenzo, an employee of Isabella’s brothers. The painting show the moment Isabella’s brothers realise there is a romance between the two. The brothers plot to murder Lorenzo so they can marry Isabella to a wealthy nobleman. The young people on the right side are Isabella and Lorenzo.

The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854–1860)

By William Holman Hunt (1827–1910).

This is a famous painting. An illustration of the child Jesus debating the interpretation of the scripture with learned rabbis. The scene is taken from the Gospel of Luke 2:41; Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

The painting depict the moment Mary and Joseph find Jesus. The rabbis on the left are reacting in contrasting ways to Jesus. Some intrigued, others angry or dismissive.

The Garden of Pan (c. 1886)

By Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898).

The painting was originally intended to depict “the beginning of the world — with Pan and Echo and sylvan gods, and a forest full of centaurs, etc.”. However at some point, Edward Burne-Jones decided that the subject was too large and settled on the present design in a series of sketches made in the mid-1870s.

The Pre-Raphaelites on 19th century themes

The Black Brunswicker (1860) .By John Everett Millais (1829–1896). The painting depicts a Brunswicker (a German volunteer corps of the Napoleonic Wars) about to depart for battle. His sweetheart, wearing a ballgown, restrains him.

The Awakening Conscience (1853). By William Holman Hunt (1827–1910). This presents a mistress and her lover. The room are dotted reminders of her “kept” status and her wasted life:

Peace Concluded. By John Everett Millais (1829–1896). Presents a wealthy husband and wife familly after the Crimean War. The man reads a newspaper declaring the end of the war, while his daughter holds a medal with Queen Victoria’s face, earned by fighting bravely in battle.

The rescue (1855). By John Everett Millais (1829–1896). Depicts a fireman rescuing children from fire. The fire brigade had only recently been transformed from private business to a public institution to protect life and Millais decided to feature this..

About the Pre-Raphaelites

The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters, poets, etc. founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, etc. It was only a loose association and their principles were shared by other artists. The group sought a return to the abundant detail, intense colours and complex compositions of Quattrocento Italian art. They rejected what they regarded as the mechanistic approach first adopted by Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo. The Pre-Raphaelites believed the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael had been a corrupting influence on art, hence the name “Pre-Raphaelite”. They believed in art of serious subjects treated with maximum realism. Their initial themes were religious, but they also used subjects from literature and poetry, particularly those dealing with love and death. Their aimed to: revive British art; to make it as dynamic, powerful and creative as the late medieval and early Renaissance works created before the time of Raphael; and find ways of expressing both nature and true emotions in art. The association lasted only until the first few years of the 1850s, but their legacy lives on.

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