impressionism

• It does one good to hear his quiet sarcasms against the whole fin-de-siecle business—the "impressionism," the "sensationalism," the vague futilities of every sort, the "great poets" wallowing in the mud of Paris, the "great musicians" making night hideous in German concert-halls, the "great painters" of various countries mixing their colors with as much filth as the police will allow. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
• The chief feature of impressionism was to paint the transient effects of color and light, and attempt to capture a fleeting image or "impression". —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• When photography began to employ painterly effects in the manner of impressionism, the two media of painting and photography became closer: Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen and Heinrich Kühn represent pictorialism in the FOTOGRAFIS collection. —  Art Knowledge News
• But impressionism, futurism, surrealism are dead movements. —  Tiny Subversions
• Ironically, this new world of smoke-spewing industry and expanding cities was a prime mover in modern art movements such as impressionism, according to the catalog essay by Paul Greenhalgh, director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., which will get "Turner to Cezanne" next January. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front

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