Pre-Raphael

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• Pre-Raphaelite — Pre Raphaelitism, n. /pree raf ee euh luyt , ray fee /, n. 1. any of a group of English artists (Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood) formed in 1848, and including Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who aimed to revive the… …   Universalium

• pre-raphaelitism — noun also pre raphaelism “+ Usage: usually capitalized P&R Etymology: pre raphaelitism from pre raphaelite (I) + ism; pre raphaelism from pre + Raphael + English ism …   Useful english dictionary

• Raphael (1483-1520) —     Raphael     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Raphael     The most famous name in the history of painting, b. at Urbino, 6 April (or 28 March), 1483; d. at Rome, 6 April, 1520. He belongs to the Umbrian School. Raphael is only a Christian name, the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pre-Raph|a|el|ite — «pree RAF ee uh lyt, RAY fee », noun, adjective. –n. 1. any Italian painter preceding Raphael. 2. one of a group of English artists and poets formed in 1848, including John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who aimed to work in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Raphael Bank — Raphael Sons (more recently Raphael s Bank) was founded by a Dutchman, Raphael Raphael, in 1787. Raphael built up a considerable wealth during the Napoleonic wars, and later diversified the business to include stockbroking, foreign banking and… …   Wikipedia

• Pre-Raphaelite — [prē rā′fē əl īt΄, prēraf′ēəl īt΄] n. 1. a member of a society of artists (Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood) led by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, W. Holman Hunt, and J. E. Millais, formed in England in 1848 to encourage painting with the fidelity to nature… …   English World dictionary

• Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood — ➡ Pre Raphaelite * * *       group of young British painters who banded together in 1848 in reaction against what they conceived to be the unimaginative and artificial historical painting of the Royal Academy and who purportedly sought to express …   Universalium

• Pre-Raphaelite — c.1848, the brotherhood (founded 1847) of Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and others who, encouraged by Ruskin, sought to revive the naturalistic spirit of art in the age before RAPHAEL (Cf. Raphael) Sanzio (1483 1520) …   Etymology dictionary

• Raphael — masc. proper name, Biblical archangel (Apocrypha), from L.L., from Gk. Hraphael, from Heb. Rephael, lit. God has healed, from rapha he healed + el God. Raphaelesque (1832) is in ref. to painter Raffaello Sanzio (1483 1520). See PRE RAPHAELITE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• Pre-Raphaelite — Pre Raph•a•el•ite [[t]priˈræf i əˌlaɪt, ˈreɪ fi [/t]] n. 1) fia lit. any of a group of English artists(Pre Raph′aelite Broth′erhood)formed in 1848, and including Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who aimed to revive… …   From formal English to slang