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Pre-Raphaelite

Pre-Raph·a·el·ite [ pree ráffee ə lt ]


noun  (plural Pre-Raph·a·el·ites)
Definition:
 
member of 19C group of painters: a member of a group of painters and writers the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded in 1848 with the objective of reviving the simpler and more direct style of Italian painting before Raphael. The group included Rossetti and Millais.



adjective 
Definition:
 
relating to Pre-Raphaelites: relating or belonging to the Pre-Raphaelites, or characteristic of their style of painting or writing


Pre-Raph·a·el·it·ism noun
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