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Pre-Raphaelite

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Pre-Raph·a·el·ite also pre-Raph·a·el·ite  (pr-rf--lt, -rf-)
n.
A painter or writer belonging to or influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a society founded in England in 1848 to advance the style and spirit of Italian painting before Raphael.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Pre-Rapha·el·itism n.
Pre-Raphaelite [pree-raff-a-lite]
Noun
a member of a group of painters in the nineteenth century who revived the style considered typical of Italian painting before Raphael
Adjective
of or in the manner of Pre-Raphaelite painting and painters
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Noun1.Pre-RaphaelitePre-Raphaelite - a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
Adj.1.Pre-Raphaelite - of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites; "the Pre-Raphaelite painters"


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"Most likely they've already looked at all the antiques, and now they're making the round of the studios of the new people, the German humbug, and the cracked Pre-Raphaelite English fellow, and have only come to me to make the point of view complete," he thought.
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