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And so Pre-Raphaelitism flourished and became central to British art for the whole of the Victorian era, but as with all art movements, public taste eventually moved on.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2016

Crucially, the curator says the "generosity of spending of those men and women really made Pre-Raphaelitism viable".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2016

Science and religion converged in American Pre-Raphaelitism, as they did in Hudson River School painting and in the writings of Thoreau and Emerson.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2013

The leader of the second wave of that peculiarly English art movement, Pre-Raphaelitism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pre-Raphaelitism is perhaps the only exception, and pre-Raphaelitism was a violent and emotional counter-revolution rather than a movement characterized by catholicity of critical appreciation.

From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary)