ADFAS Brisbane Interest Day - Pre-Raphaelite-Brotherhood
Lucrezia Walker presents Pre- Raphaelite-Brotherhood
Why was such beautiful artwork in it’s day, controversial and rebellious?
In love with the romance of the High Middle Ages, a group of seven young men banded together in 1848 to overthrow the stuffy teachings promulgated at the Royal Academy in favour of a new art. Retreating from the ugly realities of the industrial age, the Pre-Raphaelites were in love with an idealised vision of the medieval world: of knights and jousts, damsels in castles, courtly love, and pilgrimage. Their paintings found patrons in mid-Victorian England and ironically, among captains of industry and commerce.
Morning tea and lunch will be provided on the day.
Why was such beautiful artwork in it’s day, controversial and rebellious?
In love with the romance of the High Middle Ages, a group of seven young men banded together in 1848 to overthrow the stuffy teachings promulgated at the Royal Academy in favour of a new art. Retreating from the ugly realities of the industrial age, the Pre-Raphaelites were in love with an idealised vision of the medieval world: of knights and jousts, damsels in castles, courtly love, and pilgrimage. Their paintings found patrons in mid-Victorian England and ironically, among captains of industry and commerce.
Morning tea and lunch will be provided on the day.
Location
Auditorium 2, State Library of Queensland,
Cultural Precinct, Stanley Place, South Brisbane Qld 4101
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