ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the?
A
Puritan movement
B
Romantic revival
C
Neo-classical age
D
Metaphysical school
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pre-Raphaelites’ commitment to sincerity, simplicity, and moral seriousness is evident in the contemplative but uncomplicated subjects of its poetry (as in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “The Woodspurge”) and in the religious, mythical, and literary subjects depicted in its paintings.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Pre-Raphaelites were a loose and baggy collective of Victorian poets, painters, illustrators and designers whose tenure lasted from 1848 to roughly the turn of the century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Art Characteristics include: vivid detail, symbolism and tight brushstrokes. The artists of the Pre-Raphaelitism eschewed the looser style influenced by Sir Joshua Reynolds and others in the Royal Academy. Instead, Pre-Raphaelite painting techniques created works that mimicked medieval art.

Detailed explanation-4: -Their aim was threefold: to revive British art; to make it as dynamic, powerful and creative as the late medieval and early Renaissance works created before the time of the Italian artist Raphael; and to find ways of expressing both nature and true emotions in art.

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