pre-Raphaelite movement

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.