pre-raphaelite
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance idealsType of artist, creative personExamples Rossetti, Hunt, Millais
Adjective (1)
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites“the Pre-Raphaelite painters”
Word of the day · Oct 17About this word
ephemeranoun
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Preraphaelite \Pre*raph"a*el*ite\, a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. --Ruskin. [1913 Webster]
Preraphaelite \Pre*raph"a*el*ite\, n.
1.One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism. [1913 Webster]
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]