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▪ I. † Moˈrellian, a.1 Obs.
[f. Morelli-us (see below) + -an.]
Pertaining to the opinions of Morellius (J. B. Morély of Geneva, fl. 1560) who advocated an extreme democratic theory of church government. Hence † Moˈrellianism.
1644Rathband Brief Narrat. Ch. Courses vi. 26 They professe to condemne Morellian and popular Government, but what can be more popular than this, wherein all have equall power to decree [etc.]. 1676W. Hubbard Happiness of People 62 This [sc. charity] would cure all the morellianisme, and libertinisme in the Brethren of New-England Churches.
▪ II. Morellian, a.2|mɒˈrɛlɪən|
[f. the name of Giovanni Morelli (1816–91), Italian patriot and art critic, + -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the critical method of Morelli, which introduced a new, systematic approach to art criticism, insisting esp. on the study of detail as a guide in the attribution of paintings. So Moˈrellian n., a follower of Morelli's critical method; Moˈrellianism, the technique of art criticism employed by Morelli.
1890Academy 3 May 306/3 It would no more be possible..for the art-historian to go back to a pre-Morellian state of things in criticism. 1916B. Berenson Study & Criticism of Italian Art 3rd Ser. 34 Morellianism, surgical, pitiless, iconoclastic even as it seemed, was yet inspired by the Romantic ideal of genius. Ibid. 35 We Morellians fought for authenticity with the uncompromising zeal of Legitimists. 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June p. xv/1 The persistence of Morellianism is naturally more apparent in the strictly historical literature of art than in its criticism. 1942Burlington Mag. Oct. 241/1 In this country there are small conventicles, in which foregather members of the strictest sect of the Morellians, where hard-shell elders impart to neophytes the narrow precepts of the old Morellian creed. 1968Encycl. Brit. XV. 835/2 The so-called ‘Morellian method’ was followed in this and his later Critical Studies. |