Pre-Raphaelites

Inspiration

• Major motifs. Past.

  • Greek mythology.

  • Pre-Roman Britain.

  • Arthurian legend.

  • Shakespeare.

  • Romanticism

Decadentism

• Reaction to positivism.

Aestheticism

• Art exists for beauty.

Authors - Christina Rosetti

• Plays with syntax.

• Sexuality, coming of age, prostitution, sacrifice.

  • Fallen woman Vs. Angel in the house.

Authors - Oscar Wilde

• Controversial art.

• Different manners understanding poetry.