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The Pre-Raphaelites

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The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 1

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A look at the origins of the Brotherhood and some of the movement's key early works.

Series examining the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement. This programme explores its origins, some early works and the criticism faced by the Brotherhood.

Series examining the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who brought notoriety to British art in the 19th century, bursting into the spotlight in 1848 and shocking their peers with a new kind of radical art. 

The opening programme explores the origins of the Brotherhood and their initial achievements, and looks at some of their key early works, the hostile criticism they faced and the centuries of academic dogma their paintings overturned.

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Series examining the 19th century Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement

Series examining the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who brought notoriety to British art in the 19th century

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