The Pre-Raphaelites

<p>In Victorian England with the country swept up in the Industrial Revolution the Pre-Raphaelites close to William Morris' Arts and Crafts movement yearned for a return to bygone values. Wishing to revive the pure and noble forms of the Italian Renaissance the major painters of the circle such as John Everett Millais Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt in opposition to the academicism of the time favoured realism and biblical themes over the affected canons of the nineteenth century. This work with its captivating text and rich illustrations describes with enthusiasm this singular movement which notably inspired Art Nouveau and Symbolism.</p>