Pre-Raphaelite

[ pree-raf-ee-uh-lahyt, -rey-fee- ]

/ priˈræf i əˌlaɪt, -ˈreɪ fi- /

noun

any of a group of English artists (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ) formed in 1848, and including Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who aimed to revive the style and spirit of the Italian artists before the time of Raphael.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites.

Origin of Pre-Raphaelite

First recorded in 1840–50; pre- + Raphael + -ite¹

OTHER WORDS FROM Pre-Raphaelite

Pre-Raph·a·el·it·ism, noun

Words nearby Pre-Raphaelite

preputial gland, preputiotomy, preputium, prepyloric vein, prequel, Pre-Raphaelite, prereading, prerecord, prerecorded, prerelease, prerequisite

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Example sentences from the Web for Pre-Raphaelite

The revival of enthusiasm for early German art led to predilection for the pre-Raphaelite Italian painters.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes
From some such p. 163feeling came the Pre-Raphaelite movement of our own day and the archaistic movement of later Greek sculpture.
A Critic in Pall Mall|Oscar Wilde
Every tassel of their rusty foliage is defined with pre-Raphaelite minuteness.
Essays of Travel|Robert Louis Stevenson
All the wonderfully veracious detail in the work of the Pre-Raphaelite does not give the impression of life.
The Book of Art for Young People|Agnes Conway

His appearance is aesthetic, like a fish in a pre-raphaelite picture.
Little Rivers|Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for Pre-Raphaelite

Pre-Raphaelite

/ (ˌpriːˈræfəlaɪt) /

noun

a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an association of British painters and writers including Rossetti, Holman Hunt, and Millais, founded in 1848 to combat the shallow conventionalism of academic painting and revive the fidelity to nature and the vivid realistic colour that they considered typical of Italian painting before Raphael

adjective

of, in the manner of, or relating to Pre-Raphaelite painting and painters

Derived forms of Pre-Raphaelite

Pre-Raphaelitism, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	pre-raphaelite
释义	Pre-Raphaelite [ pree-raf-ee-uh-lahyt, -rey-fee- ] / priˈræf i əˌlaɪt, -ˈreɪ fi- / noun any of a group of English artists (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ) formed in 1848, and including Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who aimed to revive the style and spirit of the Italian artists before the time of Raphael. adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites. Origin of Pre-Raphaelite First recorded in 1840–50; pre- + Raphael + -ite¹ OTHER WORDS FROM Pre-Raphaelite Pre-Raph·a·el·it·ism, noun Words nearby Pre-Raphaelite preputial gland, preputiotomy, preputium, prepyloric vein, prequel, Pre-Raphaelite, prereading, prerecord, prerecorded, prerelease, prerequisite Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Pre-Raphaelite The revival of enthusiasm for early German art led to predilection for the pre-Raphaelite Italian painters. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany\|Georg Brandes From some such p. 163feeling came the Pre-Raphaelite movement of our own day and the archaistic movement of later Greek sculpture. A Critic in Pall Mall\|Oscar Wilde Every tassel of their rusty foliage is defined with pre-Raphaelite minuteness. Essays of Travel\|Robert Louis Stevenson All the wonderfully veracious detail in the work of the Pre-Raphaelite does not give the impression of life. The Book of Art for Young People\|Agnes Conway His appearance is aesthetic, like a fish in a pre-raphaelite picture. Little Rivers\|Henry van Dyke British Dictionary definitions for Pre-Raphaelite Pre-Raphaelite / (ˌpriːˈræfəlaɪt) / noun a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an association of British painters and writers including Rossetti, Holman Hunt, and Millais, founded in 1848 to combat the shallow conventionalism of academic painting and revive the fidelity to nature and the vivid realistic colour that they considered typical of Italian painting before Raphael adjective of, in the manner of, or relating to Pre-Raphaelite painting and painters Derived forms of Pre-Raphaelite Pre-Raphaelitism, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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