Pre-Raphaelitism


Pre-Raph·a·el·ite

also pre-Raph·a·el·ite P0533300 (prē-răf′ē-ə-līt′, -rā′fē-)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-Raph′a·el·it′ism n.

Pre-Raphaelitism

the principles of the 19th-century artists and writers who sought to restore the principles and practices thought to be characteristic of Italian art before Raphael. — Pre-Raphaelite, n., adj.See also: Art