Western canon of art

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artistic canon cultural construct

The Western canon of art is the body of artworks, primarily from Europe and later North America, that are widely regarded as historically influential, culturally significant, and foundational to the development of Western artistic traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Western canon 3
European Old Masters 1
Western canon of art canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic canon ⓘ
cultural construct ⓘ
aimsToRepresent foundational works of Western visual culture ⓘ
characterizedBy culturally significant artworks ⓘ
foundational artworks for Western artistic traditions ⓘ
historically influential artworks ⓘ
critiquedFor gender imbalance in recognized artists ⓘ
underrepresentation of non-Western art ⓘ
developedFrom classical antiquity ⓘ
emergedIn Europe ⓘ
hasDomain Western art ⓘ
hasGeographicScope Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
includesArtist Andy Warhol ⓘ
Caravaggio ⓘ
Claude Monet ⓘ
Diego Velázquez ⓘ
Francisco Goya ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
Raphael ⓘ
Rembrandt van Rijn ⓘ
surface form: Rembrandt

Vincent van Gogh ⓘ
Édouard Manet ⓘ
includesMedium architecture ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
drawing ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
includesPeriod Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque art

Classical art ⓘ
Contemporary art ⓘ
Impressionism ⓘ
Medieval art ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
surface form: Modern art

Neoclassical art ⓘ
Post-Impressionism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
includesWork Campbell's Soup Cans ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
surface form: David (Michelangelo)

Girl with a Pearl Earring ⓘ
Guernica ⓘ
Las Meninas ⓘ
Mona Lisa ⓘ
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes ⓘ
surface form: Sistine Chapel ceiling

The Arnolfini Portrait ⓘ
The Birth of Venus ⓘ
Last Supper ⓘ
surface form: The Last Supper

The Night Watch ⓘ
The School of Athens ⓘ
The Starry Night ⓘ
influencedBy Ancient Greek art ⓘ
Ancient Roman art ⓘ
Christian art ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
relatedConcept Western canon of art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western canon

world art history ⓘ
subjectOf debates about Eurocentrism ⓘ
debates about cultural hierarchy ⓘ
usedInContext aesthetic theory ⓘ
art history education ⓘ
museum curation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Starry Night → partOf → Western canon of art ⓘ
Crocker Art Museum → hasCollectionStrength → Western canon of art ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Old Masters
Western canon of art → relatedConcept → Western canon of art self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western canon
William Shakespeare → canonizedIn → Western canon of art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western canon
Dante Alighieri → canonizedIn → Western canon of art ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western canon