Art Appreciation II

The Pre-Raphaelite Rebellion, led by Tim Stimson.

Tim is a cultural and art historian specialising in 17th and 19th century art and society, who has also practiced professionally as a painter and ceramist. Participants from previous years have found Tim’s retreats enjoy his engaging approach and delivery.

The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, romantic and poetic in theme, brightly lit, dazzlingly colourful and meticulously detailed, have remained the most loved of all Victorian images. In this course we will focus on the work of the original Brotherhood – William Holman, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and John Everett Millais in the context of the “age of brown” which they were to demolish