A book dedicated to the work of a popular association of English artists ("Brotherhood of Pre-Raphaelites") reveals the originality of their revolutionary creativity for their time, their influence on European and American art. The text goes beyond popular art history; the work of the artists of the association is considered in connection with the development of design and applied art, aesthetic and social ideas, literature. Despite the complexity of the issues involved, the text is written in a clear, lively language accessible to the general reader. The first serious and well-illustrated publication in Russia about the essential phenomenon of the artistic life of England in the second half of the 19th century, which had a significant impact on the art of subsequent times.