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OLD MASTER

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Meaning:

A great European painter prior to 19th century

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("old master" is a kind of...):

maestro; master (an artist of consummate skill)

painter (an artist who paints)

Instance hyponyms:

Jean Antoine Watteau; Watteau (French painter (1684-1721))

Paola Caliari; Paolo Veronese; Veronese (Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588))

Jan van der Meer; Jan Vermeer; Vermeer (Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675))

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez; Velazquez (Spanish painter (1599-1660))

Anthony Vandyke; Sir Anthony Vandyke; Van Dyck; Vandyke (Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641))

Titian; Tiziano Vecellio (old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576))

Jacopo Robusti; Tintoretto (Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594))

Jan Steen; Steen (Dutch genre painter (1626-1679))

Peter Paul Rubens; Rubens; Sir Peter Paul Rubens (prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640))

Pierre Auguste Renoir; Renoir (French impressionist painter (1841-1919))

Rembrandt; Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn; Rembrandt van Rijn; Rembrandt van Ryn (influential Dutch artist (1606-1669))

Raffaello Santi; Raffaello Sanzio; Raphael (Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520))

Nicolas Poussin; Poussin (French painter in the classical style (1594-1665))

Michelangelo; Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564))

Filippino Lippi; Lippi (Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504))

Fra Filippo Lippi; Lippi (Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469))

da Vinci; Leonardo; Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519))

Georges de La Tour; La Tour (French painter of religious works (1593-1652))

Hans Holbein; Holbein; Holbein the Younger (German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543))

Hans Holbein; Holbein; Holbein the Elder (German painter of religious works (1465-1524))

Hogarth; William Hogarth (English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764))

Frans Hals; Hals (Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666))

Giotto; Giotto di Bondone (Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337))

Eyck; Jan van Eyck; van Eyck (Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441))

Domenikos Theotocopoulos; El Greco; Greco (Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614))

Albrecht Durer; Durer (a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528))

Antonio Allegri da Correggio; Correggio (Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534))

Cimabue; Giovanni Cimabue (painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302))

Caravaggio; Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610))

Breughel; Breughel the Elder; Bruegel; Brueghel; Pieter Breughel; Pieter Bruegel; Pieter Brueghel; Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569))

Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi; Botticelli; Sandro Botticelli (Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510))

Bosch; Hieronymus Bosch; Jerom Bos (Dutch painter (1450-1516))

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