lyricsandlongsleeves: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Pre-Raphaelite

JW Waterhouse
"The Lady of Shalott"

Alberta Ferretti

Dolce & Gabana

Chado Ralph Rucci

Alessandro Dell Acqua

Giambattista Valli

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Nina Ricci

Photo by Peter Lindbergh

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JW Waterhouse
"Ophelia"

"Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, group of young British painters who banded together in 1848 in reaction against what they conceived to be the unimaginative and artificial historical painting of the Royal Academy and who purportedly sought to express a new moral seriousness and sincerity in their works. They were inspired by Italian art of the 14th and 15th centuries, and their adoption of the name Pre-Raphaelite expressed their admiration for what they saw as the direct and uncomplicated depiction of nature typical of Italian painting before the High Renaissance and, particularly, before the time of Raphael. Although the Brotherhood’s active life lasted not quite five years, its influence on painting in Britain, and ultimately on the decorative arts and interior design, was profound."

-Text found on Britannica.com, written by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica