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Impressionism
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Im·pres·sion·ism
/ imˈpreshəˌnizəm/
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n.
a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, esp. in terms of the shifting effect of light and color.
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a literary or artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate depiction.
∎ Mus.
a style of composition (associated esp. with Debussy) in which clarity of structure and theme is subordinate to harmonic effects, characteristically using the whole-tone scale.
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Impressionism: Monet in the bank for cash-hungry museums; Crowd-pleasing shows lack depth.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mount an impressionism show, and they will come. The light...shop merchandise. As a result, impressionism exhibitions have become predictable...Collection, the newly opened "American Impressionism," to be followed by "Impressionists...
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Peters, John G. Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...first thought was: "Not Conrad and impressionism again!" This is a very well-worn...concise couple of pages. Literary impressionism was already a matter of detailed discussion...fictional output is characterized by impressionism, so that even such unpopular works...
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John G. Peters. Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Conradiana; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...John G. Peters. Conrad and Impressionism. Cambridge: Cambridge University...we can now add Conrad and Impressionism. Of course, the topic has...previous critics' encounters with Impressionism in relation to Conrad. Rather...
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Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Conrad and Impressionism. By JOHN G. PETERS. Cambridge...described as a form of literary impressionism. Unwittingly, Conrad himself helped...narrative and the techniques of Impressionism gone unnoticed by critics: for...
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American impressionism: paintings from the Phillips Collection.(LEARNING from EXHIBITIONS)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Americans have had a fascination with Impressionism, a French-born style of painting...Highlighting the "golden age" of American Impressionism, The Phillips Collection has organized...25 years. The exhibition, American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection...
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Impressionism.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; THINGS TO LEARN * Impressionism is a style of painting in which...advance. * Many people believe that Impressionism was the most important idea to...forgotten for 1,000 years. But Impressionism did not just happen. The leaders...
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"AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM'; ROCHESTER SHOW PROVIDES A SOLID SURVEY OF ARTISTS FROM THE PERIOD.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 5/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...discovered the luminous aesthetics of French Impressionism. They absorbed the dramatic new style...artists of the golden age of American Impressionism. The show, titled "American Impressionism: Paintings from the Phillips Collection...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Comeback for Impressionism.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Denver Art Museum is opening another Impressionism show three weeks after the last one ended. "Inspiring Impressionism," which was marked by solid intellectual...pretty "Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism" opens today. Not that pretty...
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Impressionism versus the aesthetic movement.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...aesthetic movement and its relation to impressionism, two movements ordinarily considered...uplifting beauty. Simultaneously, impressionism was born in France but was initially...the arts and pose the artist. Both impressionism and the aesthetic movement had a particularly...
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In Baltimore, Faulty Impressionism; Disjointed Timeline Nearly Masks Portrait Exhibit's Finest Faces
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/14/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...re a guarantee of gate. "Faces of Impressionism: Portraits From American Collections...such foggy titles as "Masterpieces of Impressionism," used to be enough to pull in curious...thinner and thinner slices. Post-impressionism was the theme of a fine show at the...
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impressionism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
impressionism in painting, late-19th-century...painting held in common. The Birth of Impressionism The movement began with the friendship...e.g., Renoir . The Legacy of Impressionism Impressionism and postimpressionism...
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Post-Impressionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Post-Impressionism. Term applied to various trends...particularly in France, that developed from Impressionism or in reaction against it in the...considered the central figures of Post-Impressionism. These three artists varied greatly...
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Impressionism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Impressionism. A movement in painting that originated...century. As an organized movement, Impressionism was purely a French phenomenon, but...Few artists outside France adopted Impressionism wholesale, but many lightened their...
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American Impressionism in Art
Book article from: American Eras
American Impressionism in Art Sources An Artist’s Paradise. Europe...x2014;or more readily exportable—than Impressionism. The Many Facets of Impressionism. The Impressionist movement transformed painting in...
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Neo-Impressionism
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Neo-Impressionism. A movement in French painting—both a development from Impressionism and a reaction against it—...Impressionist exhibition in 1886 (the term Neo-Impressionism was coined by the critic Fé...
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