sentences:  The Pre-Raphaelite commitment to 'naturalism' – "paint[ing] from nature only", depicting nature in fine detail, had been influenced by Ruskin.Ruskin came into contact with Millais after the artists made an approach to Ruskin through their mutual friend Coventry Patmore.Initially, Ruskin had not been impressed by Millais's "Christ in the House of His Parents" (1849–50), a painting that was considered blasphemous at the time, but Ruskin wrote letters defending the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to "The Times" in May 1851.