1. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is the first painter of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most outstanding representatives of the entire European Renaissance. His representative works include "The Last Supper", "Mona Lisa", "Madonna of the Grotto", etc.

2. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is a great painter, sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance, and also a representative of the highest peak of sculpture art in the Renaissance. He is known as the "three heroes" of the Italian Renaissance together with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The marble sculpture "Lamentation of Christ" is his famous work, and the most familiar sculptures include "David", etc. His most important paintings are the ceiling painting "Genesis" of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and the Sistine altar fresco "The Last Judgment", etc.

3. Rubens (1577-1640) is a German and a representative painter of the Baroque style. He was good at painting religious, mythological, historical, customs, portraits and landscapes. He was one of the most accomplished painters in the West in the 17th century. His major works include "The Erecting of the Cross", "The Painter and Mrs. Isabella", "The Abduction", "The Battle of the Amazons", "Adam and Eve", etc.

4. Rembrandt (1606-1669) is the most symbolic artist in the Golden Age of Dutch painting in the 17th century. He was versatile and painted portraits, group portraits, landscapes, and some extremely exquisite copperplate engravings. His position in the history of painting in the Netherlands and even in Europe is comparable to that of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. His famous work is "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tilp" and his last painting is "The Return of the Prodigal Son". According to statistics, his surviving works include 600 oil paintings, 350 etchings, and 1,500 sketches.

5. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was an outstanding French classical painter in the 19th century. His representative works include "Portrait of Louis-François Bertin", "Portrait of Madame Rivière", "Oedipus Unraveling the Mystery of the Sphinx", "Bathers of Valpinçon", "Las Meninas", "The Fountain", etc.