Pre-Raphaelite

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1. Pre-Raphaelite - Noun

2. Pre-Raphaelite - Adjective

Meaning

a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals

of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites

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I'm a big fan of the Pre-Raphaelites. Millais, Edward Burne-Jones, and I realised recently that my music is Pre-Raphaelite in a certain way, in that it reinvents an older era and romanticises it, puts it in this gilded frame. Rufus Wainwright

the Pre-Raphaelite painters Source: Internet

Another strong influence was the romantic medievalist paintings of Edward Burne-Jones and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ; the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery had a large collection of works on public display. Source: Internet

Burne-Jones shared this interest, but took it further by becoming an apprentice to one of the foremost Pre-Raphaelite painters, Dante Gabriel Rossetti ; the three soon became close friends. Source: Internet

By 1871 he had met and befriended most of the major Pre-Raphaelite painters and it was in part due to their influence that the artist brightened his palette, varied his hues, and lightened his brushwork. Source: Internet

An exhibition of works from his collection was presented at the Royal Academy in 2003 under the title Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection. Source: Internet

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