Pre-raphaelite

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the group that founded the artistic movement.
  2. 2
    a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals wordnet
  3. 3
    One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates Pre-Raphaelitism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.

    "a preraphaelite figure"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites wordnet

Synonyms

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antiquarianartclassicistdryasdustgroupmovement

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"The music video for Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” in which the star steps out of a Pre-Raphaelite painting and proceeds to clip through space and time, taking on different guises along the way, is meant to be a confident visual statement of the Swift franchise’s multiversal power[…]."

Etymology

From pre- + Raphael + -ite.

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