Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impressionism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impressionism \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impressionism
n : a genre of French painting that pictured appearances by
strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of
reflected light
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