Pre-Raphaelites - Finestre sull'Arte

Pre-Raphaelite revolt

The following article is an excerpt from the critical text in the catalog of the exhibition Preraphaelites. Modern Renaissance, directed by Gianfranco Brunelli and curated by Elizabeth Prettejohn , Peter Trippi, Cristina Acidini and Francesco Parisi ...
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The Pre-Raphaelites as never seen before. What the Forli exhibition, the largest ever in Italy, looks like.

It has been almost five years since thelast exhibition in Italy dedicated to the Pre-Raphaelites: in 2019 some eighty works from London's Tate Britain , including masterpieces such as John Everett Millais'sOphelia, John William Waterhouse's Lady of S...
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A major exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelites in Forli in 2024, with more than three hundred works

From Feb. 24 to June 30, 2024, the rooms of the Museo Civico San Domenico in Forlì will host a major exhibition dedicated to the Pre-Raphaelites, conceived and realized by the Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì in collaboration with...
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How a tragic love was rendered in painting: the Ophelia of John Everett Millais

Among the Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces, theOphelia by John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896) in Tate Britain is in this writer's opinion the most disturbing, for it depicts a beautiful young maiden, elegantly attired, drowning in the ...
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Tate Britain's permanent collection will be completely refurbished. First time in 10 years

London's Tate Britain will unveil the complete refurbishment of its permanent collection on May 23, 2023: the first time in a decade. The public will discover more than 800 works by over 350 artists, from beloved and iconic works to recent discoverie...
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At Tate Britain a major retrospective on Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth Siddal Rossetti

At Tate Britain in London, the exhibition The Rossettis, curated by Carol Jacobi and James Finch, will be on view from April 6 to September 24, 2023; it is organized by Tate Britain in collaboration with the Delaware Art Museum and supported by the R...
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London, Leighton House, meeting place of the Pre-Raphaelites, reopens after major renovation

In London's Kensington district, Leighton House was recently reopened to the public after a £9 million restoration and in conjunction with its sister museum Sambourne House originally owned by illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne. Lord Frederic Lei...
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Pre-Raphaelites in Milan, knockout exhibition with block works from Tate: no news

When last May Palazzo Reale in Milan announced its collaboration with London's Tate Britain to mount an exhibition entirely dedicated to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, Pre-Raphaelites. Love and Desire, great curiosity was created around the exhib...
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