Pre-Raphaelite

Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.
    • a preraphaelite figure
    • a preraphaelite landscape
    • 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...

    Coordinate Terms: Pre-Raphaelitism Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood PRB

Origin

From pre- + Raphael + -ite.

Forms

preraphaelite

Derived

preraphaelitish

Noun

  1. A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the group that founded the artistic movement.
  2. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates Pre-Raphaelitism.

Forms

Pre-Raphaelites preraphaelite