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