Venetian school

American  

noun

1. any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.

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Etymology

Origin of Venetian school

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

“Paolo Veneziano: Art and Devotion in 14th-Century Venice” Works by the medieval painter regarded as the founder of the Venetian school are on view July 13 through Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021

They showed four panels by Bartolommeo Montagna, a minor master of the late 15th century Venetian school.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, Francesco Guardi was the last master of the Venetian school.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is the same quality which renders the Venetian school more popular than the other schools of Italy; and the Italian music more attractive than the German—Rossini than Spohr or Beethoven.

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

Out of this open first the two rooms devoted to the Venetian school.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.