Ten reasons why i like pre-raphaelite paintings

Ten reasons why I like pre-raphaelites.

1. First of all, they used very unusual colour combinations for their paintings. The paintings are either full of sunlight, very optimistic or dark, gloomy and scary. This effect was reached by usage of new shades of colours.

2. Paintings itself are very elaborate and detailed. One can spend hours looking at every flower or herb or detail of costume depicted in the picture. It took a very long time for the artist to finish the painting. It was, at least at the very beginning, non-commercial art. Artists tried to express themselves, to make the world a little bit better rather than to sell their paintings.

3. The plots of most of the pictures are very romantic and poetic.

4. Artists depicted very handsome women and men in their works. Looking at those paintings give me great aesthetic pleasure.

5. Background information about each of the paintings is usually fascinating. That's because of the interesting plots that painters were choosing for their works. Artists themselves were outstanding people, multy-faceted personalities. Their stories of life are as if taken from the novels about passionate tragic love.

6. To understand and appreciate pre-raphaelite paintings one doesn't need to have profound knowledge in history of arts, Bible or mythology. Each canvas has it's own more profound meaning, it accumulates many ideas, but the main topic can be easily understood.

7. Pre-raphaelites were interested in Medieval ages, their works of art have a lot in common with art before the renaissance (i.e. detailed, importance of symbols).I am very interested in medieval history .

8. Very important is that they as if depict world of dreams, beautiful and a little bit unreal, which is a very good distraction from the problems of the modern world.

9. There are lots of those paintings in Australian museums. It is always much more pleasant to see the painting on the wall than in the book. I can admire small strokes of a brush of the painter, see real size of the canvas and enjoy other benefits of close contact with the painting.

10. My boyfriend likes them too, it is very pleasant to go to the art-galleries together. It is extremely nice to exchange ideas and just to be together in such a place.