English Explanatory Dictionary

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A group of English painters, poets, and critics formed in 1848, led by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and William Holman Hunt, who rejected the academic art of the Royal Academy to create more sincere, detailed, and morally serious art; they looked for inspiration to Italian art before Raphael, valuing its naturalism, vibrant colors, and symbolism.

Word forms

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Etymology

From pre- + Raphael + -ite and brotherhood. Later known simply as Pre-Raphaelites.

Synonyms

PRB
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