a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism. [ 1913 Webster ]