Western canon of art

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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
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn

Vincent van Gogh
Édouard Manet
includesMedium architecture
decorative arts
drawing
painting
printmaking
sculpture
includesPeriod Baroque art
linked to: Baroque

Classical art
Contemporary art
Impressionism
Medieval art
Modern art
linked to: Modernism

Neoclassical art
Post-Impressionism
Realism
Renaissance art
Romanticism
includesWork Campbell's Soup Cans
David (Michelangelo)
linked to: Michelangelo

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Guernica
Las Meninas
Mona Lisa
Sistine Chapel ceiling
The Arnolfini Portrait
The Birth of Venus
The Last Supper
linked to: 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
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 European Old Masters
linked to: Western canon of art
Western canon of art relatedConcept Western canon
linked to: Western canon of art
William Shakespeare canonizedIn Western canon
linked to: Western canon of art
Dante Alighieri canonizedIn Western canon
linked to: Western canon of art