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Pre-Raphaelite Definition


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Pre-Raphaelite
noun
    1. A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of artists who advocated a truthful adherence to natural forms and effects.
adj
    1. Relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Etymology: 19c: they adopted this name because of their aim to return to the style of painters before the Italian master Raphael (1483‐1520).



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