This is Ophelia by Pre-Raphaelite member, Sir John Everett Millias. It is a prime example of Pre-Raphaelite art. There is no real adherence to the aesthetics of the woman portrayed. She is not portrayed as perfect, but he has depicted her just before her watery death as is written in Shakespear's Hamlet. This point is particularly important as my chronlogy is pertinent to understanding Pre-Raphaelitism and Christina Rosseti's Goblin Market . Women were often portrayed as being perfect or angelic during the Victorian era. Prime examples of this depiction would be Raphael's famous Madonnas in the Vatican. Artist towards the end of the 19th century took a more realistic approach to art instead. Pre-Raphaelites focused on the simple aspects of life and sincerity. Nature is also a large part of their artistic movement. Their other cardinal focus was on moral seriousness. Additional founders of this group are William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rosseti , Pre-Raphaelite painter-poet and brother to Christina Rosseti, who is responsible for the illustrations in Christina Rosseti's Goblin Market.


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circa. 1848 to circa. 1852

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