old masters
Pre-nineteenth-century greats
Old masters are the great European painters from roughly the 1400s through the 1700s—artists like Rembrandt, Vermeer, Titian, and Rubens.
The term also refers to their paintings: The museum's collection of old masters is impressive.
An old master hangs in a gallery; a forgery pretends to be one.
The category suggests technical mastery, historical significance, and high auction prices.
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- fine artAesthetic visual creations
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
oil on canvas · Rembrandt · Vermeer · Caravaggio · museum · National Gallery · gallery · grand tour · chiaroscuro · portrait · brushwork · varnish · gilded frame · restoration · patron · atelier · Dutch Golden Age · Florentine
- paintingsoil paintings, watercolors, acrylics, tempera, gouache
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- art museumpaintings, exhibition, drawings, permanent collection, curator
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- art historyart history, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, modern art
- art marketauction, art prints, art dealer, limited editions, art sale
old masterscontemporary artists
Artists of the present era
modern artists · emerging artists · contemporary art · digital artists · street artists
old mastersavant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
abstract expressionists · conceptual artists · modernists · Dadaists · anti-art
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