18th Century Old Masters
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
1770s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
1770s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Chalk
Early 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Sculptures
Wood
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
1780s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Crayon
18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Etching
Early 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Engraving
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1770s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Mid-18th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Etching
1740s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1750s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1780s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Etching
1790s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Oil
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A Close Look at Old Masters Art
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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