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Raphaelesque

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

/ ˌræf i əˈlɛsk, ˌreɪ fi-, ˌrɑ fi- /

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

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Origin of Raphaelesque

1830–35; Raphael + -esque

Words nearby Raphaelesque

rapeseed, rapeseed oil, rap full, rap group, Raphael, Raphaelesque, raphe, raphia, raphide, raphides, rapid

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How to use Raphaelesque in a sentence

The Madone Nourrice, who is the Raphaelesque and generally late and decadence one.
Our Fathers Have Told Us|John Ruskin
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.
Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea D'Agnolo|Leader Scott