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Pre-Raphaelite

Definitions of Pre-Raphaelite
  1. adjective
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites
    “the Pre-Raphaelite painters”
  2. noun
    a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
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    examples:
    William Holman Hunt
    Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
    Sir John Everett Millais
    Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
    Dante Gabriel Rossetti
    English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)
    type of:
    artist, creative person
    a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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