Associations to the word «Impressionism»

Wiktionary

IMPRESSIONISM, noun. (arts) a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities
IMPRESSIONISM, noun. (music genre) a style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer
IMPRESSIONISM, noun. (poetry) a style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions

Dictionary definition

IMPRESSIONISM, noun. A school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope