William Holman Hunt
1827–1910 · 5 works
William Holman Hunt joined the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with the ambition of giving familiar subjects a renewed seriousness. Close observation and carefully chosen details helped connect visible things with religious or moral questions. A scene can seem ordinary at first, then become more complicated as the objects and gestures begin to relate to one another. His work also moved between painting and printmaking. The frontispiece he made for the group’s magazine, The Germ, brings that interest in meaningful images into a small printed format intended to accompany writing.
5 works · 1850–1879
In a painting or print, pick one small object that seems deliberately placed. How does it connect with the nearest figure or gesture?
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Full-length Portrait of a Woman, 1846
Sir John Everett Millais
Saint Agnes of Intercession, 1850
