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Preraphaelite

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Pre`raph´a`el`ite
a.1.Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape.
n.1.One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.
2.Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.
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