What was the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's core idea?
Our core idea was a profound dissatisfaction with the prevailing art of the Royal Academy. We believed that art had become detached from nature and from genuine feeling, increasingly focused on a formulaic approach. We sought to emulate the clarity, truthfulness to nature, and rich symbolic language we found in artists and literature before the time of Raphael. It was a call for a more sincere and detailed representation of the world and the human heart, infused with spiritual and emotional depth.
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