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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Preraphaelitism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fine Arts) The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject.
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- noun The
doctrine orpractice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject.
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