The critical reception of Pre-Raphaelitism in Italy, 1878-1910.

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Pieri, Giuliana | Copyright information

This study looks at the critical response to Pre-Raphaelitism in Italy between the late 1870s and 1910. Information on Pre-Raphaelitism arrived in Italy in two phases: firstly, in the 1880s, when discussion was largely literary and focused on D. G. Rossetti; secondly, in the early 1890s, when it extended to the Fine Arts and culminated in the first Venetian Biennale in 1895. This later phase of interest in the English movement influenced a whole generation of Italian nineteenth-cen...

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