An unfinished watercolour of the facade of a Venetian palace.

Preraffaelliti. Rinascimenro Moderno

(Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance)

San Domenico Museums, Forli, Italy

23 February – 30 June 2024

This exhibition, sponsored by The Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì and co-curated by Elizabeth Prettejohn, Peter Trippi, Cristina Acidini, and Francesco Parisi, explored the significant influence of Italian art of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries on the British Pre-Raphaelite movement, and on English artists and craftsmen more generally, between the 1840s and the 1920s. More than 350 works from international collections – ranging from paintings, photography and sculpture to glass, textiles and jewellery – included a gallery dedicated to works on loan from The Ruskin. Ruskin was a champion of the Pre-Raphaelites, who were inspired by his writings, and a passionate preserver of Italian art and architecture.

A series of drawings depicting Gothic architectural features including steeples and cornices. — **Left to right:**
John Ruskin, ‘Stones of Venice: Linear and Surface Gothic’, n.d., 1996P0923 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University
John Ruskin, ‘Venice – Byzantine Capitals, Concave Group’, n.d., 1996P1582 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University
John Ruskin, ‘Stones of Venice: Capitals – Convex Group’, 1849, 1996P1031 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University

A series of detailed drawings of column capitals. — **Left to right:**
John Ruskin, ‘Stones of Venice: Linear and Surface Gothic’, n.d., 1996P0923 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University
John Ruskin, ‘Venice – Byzantine Capitals, Concave Group’, n.d., 1996P1582 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University
John Ruskin, ‘Stones of Venice: Capitals – Convex Group’, 1849, 1996P1031 © The Ruskin, Lancaster University

Exhibition Website: ‘Preraffaelliti. Rinascimento Moderno’

Exhibition Catalogue: ‘Preraffaelliti. Rinascimento Moderno’