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| The Light of the World, William Holman Hunt, 1904 (St Paul's Cathedral) |
A Daily Devotion written for St Stephen's Rochester Row.
The founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were inspired by the paintings of the fifteenth century that displayed minute attention to detail and were drenched in symbolism and story. The story of the most iconic painting to emerge from the movement is a fascinating account of how Victorian entrepreneurialism and the age of Empire created what became the most travelled artwork in history and one of the most recognised Christian images in the world.
