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Impressionism — was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris based artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, Sunrise (Impression,… … Wikipedia
Impressionism — Impressionism was an artistic movement that developed among French painters between 1870 and 1885. Leading practitioners include Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Pierre Auguste Renoir. The new movement consciously rejected the rigid rules of the … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
impressionism — (n.) 1839 as a term in philosophy, from IMPRESSION (Cf. impression) + ISM (Cf. ism). Specifically with reference to the French art movement from 1882, from IMPRESSIONIST (Cf. impressionist) … Etymology dictionary
Impressionism — ► NOUN 1) a style or movement in painting concerned with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially the shifting effects of light. 2) a literary style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate… … English terms dictionary
impressionism — [im presh′ən iz΄əm] n. [< Fr impressionisme, coined (1874) by Louis Leroy, Fr art critic, in adverse reaction to a Monet painting entitled “Impression, sunrise”] [often I ] a theory and school of painting exemplified chiefly by Monet, Pissarro … English World dictionary
impressionism — /im presh euh niz euhm/, n. 1. Fine Arts. a. (usually cap.) a style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of… … Universalium
Impressionism — Im|pres|sion|ism [ ım preʃn,ızəm ] noun uncount 1. ) a style of painting in which artists use light and color to give the general feeling of a scene, rather than exact detail. Impressionism began in France in the middle of the 19th century. 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Impressionism — UK [ɪmˈpreʃ(ə)nˌɪz(ə)m] / US [ɪmˈpreʃ(ə)nˌɪzəm] noun [uncountable] 1) art a style of painting in which artists use light and colour to give the general feeling of a scene, rather than exact detail. Impressionism began in France in the middle of… … English dictionary
Impressionism — Borrowed from painting, the term impressionism captures one aspect of the general revolt against realism and naturalism that took place in the early 1890s. Rather than striving to faithfully represent reality, such impressionist writers as the … Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
impressionism — An artistic movement that emerged in France between 1860 and 1865, impressionism became one of the most important and influential artistic styles of the modern age. Following the works of Joseph Turner, the English watercolorists, the painters … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
