Raphaelesque

[ raf-ee-uh-lesk, rey-fee-, rah-fee- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Raphaelesque¹

1830–35; Raphael + -esque

Example Sentences

The Madone Nourrice, who is the Raphaelesque and generally late and decadence one.

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It is this which prevents Ingres from being truly Raphaelesque, and Pradier from being really classical.

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Whose likeness are you, poor girl, with your everyday prettiness of brows and chin, and your Raphaelesque crick in the neck?

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As frontispiece is a portrait of the artist by himself, very Raphaelesque.

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The landscape is Raphaelesque, and might mark the time when that master and Fra Bartolommeo influenced his style.

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