Pre-Raphaelite Style

    The pre-Raphaelite stlye was essentially a romantic, naturalistic style.  It was concerned with: rebellion, idealism, naivete, a concern with nature, and the quest for elusive truth (1).  The style was created by young and inexperienced students called the Brotherhood.  The Brotherhood lasted for about four years but, the style influenced artists for a long time after (2). 
   Some influential pre-raphaelites were William Hunt, John Millais, and Dante Rossetty (the founders of the Brotherhood).  Their paintings were hung in the Royal Academy.  They wanted to break free from traditional and idealistic art.  Their pictures were soft and blurred.
   The idea of the pre-raphaelite style spread to photography later on.  Many photographers used this stlye to break away from the academic world.  Photography greatly improved the pre-raphaelite stlye by making it more precise!  Photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron used this style and became very well known for it.  There were also many more influential photographers using the style such as Henry Peach Robinson. 
   The style is still well known and used to this day.


















(1)Newhall, B. (1982). The History of Photography (S. Weiley, Ed.). New York: The 
   

  Museum of Modern Art.



(2)"PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 1848-1853." Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850. London: Routledge, 2003. Credo Reference. 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <http://ezproxy.stevenson.edu:2100/entry/routromanticera/pre_raphaelite_brotherhood_1848_1853>.