| Sumario: | The article looks at an exhibition of Great Britain's Pre-Raphaelite painters and examines why the paintings, which were dismissed as overly sentimental for much of the 20th century, are back in favor. The painting "Lady Lilith" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is the centerpiece of an exhibition called "Waking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites from the Delaware Art Museum." The exhibition draws from the extensive collection of Pre-Raphaelite art amassed by Delaware textile manufacturer Samuel Bancroft Jr. The Pre-Raphaelite art typically includes a poetic subject matter, dreamy mythological sources, and the use of color and lush decorative detail.
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