The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raphaelesque \Raph`a*el*esque"\ (r[a^]f`[.a]*[e^]l*[e^]sk"), a. Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
Usage examples of "raphaelesque".
She was Raphaelesque, like an old-fashioned Hollywood blond teetering on the cusp between beauty and slovenly middle-age, glossy curls falling past her shoulders, the milky loaves of her breasts swaying ponderously in gray silk, her motherly buttocks dimpling beneath a tight skirt, her scarlet lips reminding of those gelatin lips full of cherry syrup you buy at Halloween, her eyes tunnels of mascara pricked by glitters.
German and Raphaelesque schools lose all honour and nobleness in barber-like admiration of handsome faces, and have in fact no real faith except in straight noses and curled hair.
The tattoo on her shoulder arrested my eyes: a Madonna and child, colorful and Raphaelesque, exquisitely inked.
Like an eclectic Greek he drew from all sources, and then blended and united these features in a peculiar style of his own and stamped them with his peculiar Raphaelesque stamp.
Central Italy, and even at the north, resulting in many imitators and followers, who tried to produce Raphaelesque effects.
Later on, his work had a Raphaelesque tinge, showing perhaps the influence of that rising master.
With her features at peace and a soft light bathing her in an Raphaelesque glow.