Midjourney Reference Art: Classical Art

Create your prompt in the style of a legendary classical artist.

Text-to-image generative AI applications (like Midjourney) are incredibly powerful tools that can help you create any image that you’re able to sufficiently prompt.

These applications can create art in the style of nearly any known artist. Below, find reference art for some of the best-known artists. Use these reference images to prompt for art to be created “in the style of _______.”

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Hieronymus Bosch

Style: Early Netherlandish, Renaissance
Key Descriptors: Fantastical, Surreal, Intricate, Dark, Macabre

Raphael

Style: High Renaissance
Key Descriptors: Serene, Balanced, Poetic, Naturalistic, Reverent

Leonardo da Vinci

Style: High Renaissance
Key Descriptors: Meticulous, Realistic, Experimental, Observant, Technical

Michelangelo

Style: High Renaissance, Mannerism
Key Descriptors: Sculptural, Spiritual, Expressive, Muscular, Bold

Albrecht Dürer

Style: High Renaissance
Key Descriptors: Realistic, Expressive, Meticulous, Engraved, Observant

Jacques-Louis David

Style: Neoclassical style
Key Descriptors: Grandiose, Political, Symmetrical, Patriotic, Realistic

Benjamin West

Style: Neoclassical style
Key Descriptors: Romantic, Emotive, Grand, Symbolic, Patriotic

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Style: Neoclassicism, Romanticism
Key Descriptors: Romantic, Sensual, Emotional, Delicate, Ethereal

Anton Raphael Mengs

Style: Neoclassical
Key Descriptors: Elegant, Refined, Serene, Intellectual, Theatrical

Jean-Jermain Drouais

Style: Neoclassical style
Key Descriptors: Emotional, Intense, Naturalistic, Evocative, Romantic

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Style: Neoclassical style
Key Descriptors: Meticulous, Linear, Contoured, Romantic, Harmonious