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Old Master
Old Master. An imprecise but useful term employed as a blanket phrase to cover European artists (particularly painters) from the Renaissance up to about 1800; the term is applied also to their works, so an Old Master can be a picture as well as a person. Often the term carries an implication of high quality, but this is not necessarily so. In major auction houses, for example, the term is used chronologically rather than aesthetically, as 19th-century and later paintings are usually sold separately from earlier works. Thus an ‘Old Master sale’ may contain entirely undistinguished pictures or even feeble copies as well as masterpieces.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Old Master." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Old Master." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-OldMaster.html IAN CHILVERS. "Old Master." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-OldMaster.html |
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old master
old mas·ter • n. a great artist of former times, esp. of the 13th–17th century in Europe. ∎ a painting by such a painter: he formed a large collection of old masters. |
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"old master." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "old master." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-oldmaster.html "old master." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-oldmaster.html |
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