Dante Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite movement

A compact critical study traces the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti's formation, friendships, and role in the Pre‑Raphaelite Brotherhood, situating their revolt against academic Raphaelesque taste within wider nineteenth‑century intellectual and moral currents. It recounts the group's origins, collaborations with Millais, Holman Hunt and others, Ruskin's influence, and the movement's medievalism, colourism and religious themes; follows later developments including book illustration, stained glass design, and Rossetti's poetic work and bereavement; and analyzes treatment of sacred subjects, stylistic transitions, and the movement's aims to reform art by renewing sincerity, technique, and moral feeling.