Meaning of PRE-RAPHAELITE
| Pronunciation: | | pree'rafeeu`lIt
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- [n] a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
- [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of the pre-Raphaelites; "the Pre-Raphaelite painters"
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| | See Also: | | artist, creative person, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt, Hunt, Millais, Rossetti, Sir John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre-Raph"a*el*ite\, n.
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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