European paintings
Old World canvases
European paintings are works of art created by painters from or working in Europe, spanning from medieval religious panels through Renaissance masterpieces to modern movements.
The term typically appears in museum contexts to categorize collections: The European paintings wing houses works from the 14th through 19th centuries.
It distinguishes these works from American, Asian, or other regional traditions.
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- CubismFragmented geometric abstraction
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- frameSupporting outer structure
Dutch Golden Age · Byzantine · Fauvism · Old Masters · Neoclassicism · grand tour · canvas · religious iconography · Impressionism · Romanticism · Symbolism · art history · altarpiece · provenance · auction house · Surrealism · halo · portrait
European paintingsJapanese paintings
Visual art from Tokyo's homeland
African art · American paintings · Native American art · Persian miniatures · Middle Eastern art
European paintingsfolk art
Traditional community-made creativity
outsider art · naive art · tribal art · primitive art · craft traditions