Victorian approaches to religion as reflected in the art of the Pre-Raphaelites
By: Eva Péteri
Series: Philosophiae doctores -- v. 19
Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Budapest
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Hunt, William Holman, -- 1827-1910; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, -- 1828-1882; Painting, Victorian -- Religious aspects; Painting, Victorian -- Themes, motives; Pre-Raphaelites -- Religion
Description: John Ruskin, the dogmatic, by at heart deeply doubtful art-critic, William Holman Hunt, the moralist artist-preacher, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the intuitive poet-painter, John Everett Millais, the conscientious realist then popular sentimentalist, and their numerous followers represent different aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism. Yet, they were all typical Victorians, whose religious ideas and biblical works give a fascinating insight into the momentous religious concerns of the age: the fervent sectarian debates of the middle of the nineteenth century, the spread of agnosticism, the new Bible-interpretations called forth by scientific discoveries, and the move towards reconciliation and secularisation at the end of the century.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137)