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Impressionism, Post-Impressionism: - Coggle Diagram
Impressionism
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Thematic Concerns
Impressionist works represent an attempt to capture a fleeting moment—not in the absolutely fixed, precise sense of a Realist painting. conveying the elusiveness and impermanence of images and conditions.
found that they could capture the momentary and transient effects of sunlight by painting en plein air
Artists portrayed overall visual effects instead of details, and used short, "broken" brush strokes of mixed and unmixed colour to achieve an effect of intense colour vibration
Most of the Impressionists depicted scenes in and around Paris, the heart of modern life in France.
Another facet of the new industrialized Paris that drew the Impressionists’ attention was the leisure activities of its inhabitants.
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