old master
English Thesaurus
1. a great European painter prior to 19th century (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | maestro, master, |
| definition | : | an artist of consummate skill (noun.person) |
| hypernym | : | painter, |
| definition | : | an artist who paints (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | cimabue, giovanni cimabue, |
| definition | : | painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | albrecht durer, durer, |
| definition | : | a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | domenikos theotocopoulos, el greco, greco, |
| definition | : | Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | eyck, jan van eyck, van eyck, |
| definition | : | Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | giotto, giotto di bondone, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | frans hals, hals, |
| definition | : | Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hogarth, william hogarth, |
| definition | : | English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hans holbein, holbein, holbein the younger, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | da vinci, leonardo, leonardo da vinci, |
| definition | : | Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | fra filippo lippi, lippi, |
| definition | : | Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | filippino lippi, lippi, |
| definition | : | Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | michelangelo, michelangelo buonarroti, |
| definition | : | Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | nicolas poussin, poussin, |
| definition | : | French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jan steen, steen, |
| definition | : | Dutch genre painter (1626-1679) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jacopo robusti, tintoretto, |
| definition | : | Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | titian, tiziano vecellio, |
| definition | : | old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576) (noun.person) |
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