OLD MASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does old master mean? 

• OLD MASTER (noun)
  The noun OLD MASTER has 1 sense:

1. a great European painter prior to 19th century

  Familiarity information: OLD MASTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD MASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A great European painter prior to 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

painter (an artist who paints)

maestro; master (an artist of consummate skill)

Instance hyponyms:

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

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))

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

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))

 Context examples 

He turned and silently gazed after the old master. Skiff Miller was rounding the curve. In a moment he would be gone from view.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I gave him a look, but no other answer; and, going to my good old master, said a few words that I meant to be words of comfort and encouragement.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

For many a year, however—ever since I have been in your service, Sir Charles—my conscience tormented me, and I swore that if ever I should find my old master, I should reveal everything to him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For two hours they marched through forest and marshland, along the left bank of the river Aveyron; Sir Nigel riding behind his Company, with Alleyne at his right hand, and Johnston, the old master bowman, walking by his left stirrup.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I took advantage of the opportunity, and told her that my old master, Van Helsing, the great specialist, was coming to stay with me, and that I would put her in his charge conjointly with myself; so now we can come and go without alarming her unduly, for a shock to her would mean sudden death, and this, in Lucy's weak condition, might be disastrous to her.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He wanted to be in two places at the same time, with the old master and the new, and steadily the distance between them was increasing.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I was scarcely more delighted with the prospect of earning my own bread, than with the hope of earning it under my old master; in short, acting on the advice of Agnes, I sat down and wrote a letter to the Doctor, stating my object, and appointing to call on him next day at ten in the forenoon.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The fact is that the poor fellow was valet to Lord Avon, that he was at Cliffe Royal upon the fatal night of which I have spoken, and that he is most devoted to his old master.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A glance ahead to where the old master was nearing the curve of the trail excited him again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)