Impressionism
[im-presh-uh-niz-uh m] /ɪmˈprɛʃ əˌnɪz əm/
noun
1.
Fine Arts.
2.
a theory and practice in literature that emphasizes immediate aspects of objects or actions without attention to details.
3.
a late-19th-century and early-20th-century style of musical composition in which lush harmonies, subtle rhythms, and unusual tonal colors are used to evoke moods and impressions.
/ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm/
noun
1.
(often capital) a movement in French painting, developed in the 1870s chiefly by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley, having the aim of objectively recording experience by a system of fleeting impressions, esp of natural light effects
2.
the technique in art, literature, or music of conveying experience by capturing fleeting impressions of reality or of mood
n.
1839 as a term in philosophy, from impression + -ism. Specifically with reference to the French art movement from 1882, from impressionist.
A style of painting associated mainly with French artists of the late nineteenth century, such as Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Impressionist painting seeks to re-create the artist’s or viewer’s general impression of a scene. It is characterized by indistinct outlines and by small brushstrokes of different colors, which the eye blends at a distance. Soft, pastel colors appear frequently in impressionist paintings.
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