Raphaelesque

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

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

Origin of Raphaelesque

1
1830–35; Raphael + -esque

Words Nearby Raphaelesque

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How to use Raphaelesque in a sentence

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

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

    French Art | W. C. Brownell
  • Whose likeness are you, poor girl, with your everyday prettiness of brows and chin, and your Raphaelesque crick in the neck?

    Suburban Sketches | William Dean Howells
  • As frontispiece is a portrait of the artist by himself, very Raphaelesque.

    Freaks of Fanaticism | Sabine Baring-Gould
  • The landscape is Raphaelesque, and might mark the time when that master and Fra Bartolommeo influenced his style.