1. Raphael - Noun
2. Raphael - Proper noun
Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
an archangel of the Hebrew tradition
Source: WordNetRaphael paints wisdom Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Magnus had often thought of getting a pet, but he had never considered acquiring a sullen teenage vampire. Once Raphael was gone, he thought, he was getting a cat. And he would always throw his cat a birthday party. Cassandra Clare
Raphael snapped, "This isn't funny." "That's why no one's laughing." -Raphael & Jace, pg.272. Cassandra Clare
Raphael snapped, "This isn't funny." "That's why no one's laughing." Jace stood, hauling Raphael upright, jamming the tip of his knife between Raphael's shoulder blades. Cassandra Clare
Perhaps we shall one day find that Rembrandt is a greater painter than Raphael. I write down this blasphemy which will cause the hair of the school-men to stand on end without taking sides. Eugène Delacroix
[I] purposely avoided the styles of Raphael and Michaelangelo because I was ambitious of higher distinction than that of a clever imitator. Titian