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What is Impressionism?
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s. The Impressionists faced harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France. The name of the style derives from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant , which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical review published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as impressionist music and impressionist literature.
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IMPRESSION
is an online art magazine located in Vienna (Austria) focusing on Impressionism, the
versatile art movement that developed in late-nineteenth-century France and utterly
revolutionized the art world. On these sites, art enthusiasts have the opportunity to gain in-depth
knowledge about Impressionism in a wide variety of fields and learn more about the movement's
most important representatives. The magazine's key focus centers on exhibition reviews, image
analyses, and artist biographies. Click through the pages of IMPRESSION Magazine below and
become inspired by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and their like-minded
fellow artists!