William Holman Hunt
Sir John Millais
Dante Gabriel Rosetti
Ofellia by Millais
Ofellia is one of the most iconic paintings and is based on Hamlet (Shakespeare)'s character named Ofellia. Ofellia tried to kill herself after her lover murders her father, in the stream. The plants within the painting are significant symbolism;
For example;
Crow flowers - gratitude
Daisies - innocence
Many others within Ofellia also.
Elizabeth Siddle was the model for the painting, but whilst she was in the bath, Lizzie became hypothermic due to the bath water becoming cold and her not speaking up due to her lack of right of word.
About the unconventional characteristics of Elizabeth Siddle (Rossetti and Millais)
Elizabeth has very long, urban hair which in that time would be considered a 'witch'. She was considered rare, which is why the Pre Raphaelites were transfixed on her outstanding visual appearance. When Lizzie died through an overdose but it was suspected that they, the Pre Raphaelites took the suicide note or whether this was a genuine accident. She was addicted to Laudeman (essentially like morpheine.) She was 32 when she died.
Frued, a mysoginist, created the image in writing that there was no such thing as a subconscious mind; everything was influenced by external influence/ spiritually and religious.
Rossetti was Lizzie Siddals lover throughout her time amongst the Pre Raphealites which they married not long before the death of her.
Ruskin
John Ruskin, an illustrator of the 1800's, was the beginner of discussing the PRB and nature. He was also a friend of Lizzie Siddal. Millais painted Ruskin and was painted in nature and landscape and being at one with it. He however was stood on a staircase and not in nature when painted. Ruskin ran off with Milais wife half way through the painting of him and conspiracys read they ended up at different ends of the stairs by the end of the painting.
Ruskin was a massive supported and premotor of Turner, which Charles Dickens absolutely despised the PRB. Dickens didn't especially favour Ruskin either, [and] both discussed the industrial revolution. Rosetti and William Morris have a lot of relation throughout their work and Rosetti and Morris' wife ended up copping off together which, due to Morris' huge idolisation of Rosetti, he turned a blind eye to it and allowed it to carry on.
William Morris
As part of the Arts and Craft movement, Morris was a very highly appreciated for his rather detailed, brightly coloured nature painting creations.
Renaissance
Triangular composition, golden triangle etc.
Millais
His 'Christ in the House of His parents' was one of his most critizised pieces and there was a lot of controversy about the lack of structure and the aesthetic of the boy. However, this was intended to be a God-like composition; almost humble.
Rosetti
Ecce Ancilla Domiini -
RESEARCH ----- Compositional breaks and the theme breaks
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