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| Matching Terms: | | impressionist, impressionistic
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light |
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| | See Also: | | art movement, artistic movement |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pres"sion*ism\, n. [F. impressionnisme.] (Fine
Arts)
The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression
without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a
recent fashion in painting and etching.
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