Preraphaelism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preraphaelism \Pre*raph"a*el*ism\, Preraphaelitism
  \Pre*raph"a*el*i`tism\, 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]