Art Of The Pre-Raphaelites Wall Calendar: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood formed in the middle of the 19th century. The artists rejected contemporary artistic conventions idealization of the body, classical subjects, and so forth and adopted the rich colors and minute detail employed by early Renaissance artists. This calendar presents 12 images from the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, home to one of the world"s finest collections of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.