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Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.
Henri Matisse

Meaning of "impressionism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPRESSIONISM

impressionism  [ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPRESSIONISM

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Impressionism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPRESSIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Impressionism

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists. Their independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s, in spite of 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. Impressionist painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. 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.

Definition of impressionism in the English dictionary

The definition of impressionism in the dictionary is a movement in French painting, developed in the 1870s chiefly by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley, having the aim of objectively recording experience by a system of fleeting impressions, esp of natural light effects. Other definition of impressionism is the technique in art, literature, or music of conveying experience by capturing fleeting impressions of reality or of mood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPRESSIONISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
reductionism
rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
shamanism
ˈʃæməˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPRESSIONISM

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impressional
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WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPRESSIONISM

abolitionism
abstract expressionism
aldosteronism
anachronism
connectionism
constructionism
evolutionism
feminism
interactionism
interventionism
monism
Mormonism
obstructionism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
protectionism
revisionism
synchronism
tectonism
trade unionism
unionism

Synonyms and antonyms of impressionism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «impressionism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPRESSIONISM

Find out the translation of impressionism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impressionism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impressionism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

印象派
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impresionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

impressionism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभाववाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انطباعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

импрессионизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impressionismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইঙ্গিতে চিত্রাঙ্কন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impressionnisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Impresionisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

impressionismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

印象主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인상주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impressionism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ấn tượng chủ nghia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்வுமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रभाववाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

izlenimcilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impressionismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

impresjonizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імпресіонізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

impresionism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιμπρεσιονισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

impressionisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impressionism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

impresjonisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impressionism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPRESSIONISM»

The term «impressionism» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPRESSIONISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impressionism

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2 QUOTES WITH «IMPRESSIONISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impressionism.
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Ronnie Dunn
I'm very much involved in art. I started buying art a few years ago and really like the work of T.C. Cannon, who is a native American artist. Then I was introduced to Soviet-era Russian impressionism and started collecting that, especially Gely Korzhev.
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Henri Matisse
Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPRESSIONISM»

Discover the use of impressionism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impressionism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Impressionism
Introduces the artistic movement that began in the late 1800s and includes such well-known painters as Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Georges Seurat.
Jessica Gunderson, 2009
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Impressionism
This is a look at the history of collecting Impressionism - who collected it, when, and why - and why not.
Ann Dumas, Michael Edward Shapiro, 1999
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Impressionism: Paint and Politics
In this handsome book, a leading authority on Impressionist painting offers a new view of this admired and immensely popular art form.
John House, 2004
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Impressionism
Haunting, deeply affecting, and unfailingly honest.
Michael Jacobs, 2010
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Origins of Impressionism
Origins of Impressionism gives a day-by-day, year-by-year study of the genesis of an epoch-making style.
Gary Tinterow, 1994
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Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society
Examines the use of cafes, opera houses, dance halls, theaters, racetracks, and the seaside in impressionist French paintings
Robert L. Herbert, 1988
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Impressionism
Introduces the artistic movement that began in the late 1800s and includes such well-known painters as Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Georges Seurat.
Jane Bingham, 2009
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Impressionism
His small colourful brushstrokes, the ability to transfer with the slightest shades of colour the trepidation of nature, ultimately paid a critical part in the development of Impressionism, alongside the expressive manner of the painting of Honoré ...
Natalia Brodskaya, 2014
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Impressionism
Gives a short history of impressionism in Australia and gives biographies of 12 artists including Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin and Arthur Streeton and colour illustrations of their work.
Elizabeth Stuart, 1993
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Impressionism: Historical Overview and Bibliography
This book presents a sweeping study of this artistic period, from its origins to its manifestations in the works of some of art historys most revered painters.
John I. Clancy, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPRESSIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impressionism is used in the context of the following news items.
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From Cherry Pie to Ice Cream, the Eleven Tastiest Events on the …
The Denver Art Museum will open Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism today, and Palettes is introducing a $34, three-course ... «Westword, Jul 15»
2
Great box set collects Miles Davis shows from Newport fest - NY …
His performances amount to aural impressionism, delivered with the intensity of brutalism. The cuts represent the hardest-rocking side of Miles, ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Show captures John Sloan in Gloucester during WWI - Theater & art …
The Armory show's heady strains of European Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Cubism had made Ashcan realism — and ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Museum and gallery events - Philly.com
The Lenfest Exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionism. Visual Heritage of Bucks County. The Artist in the Garden. Closes 8/9. Herman Leonard: ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Amsterdam and Paris: a tale of two cities | The Daily Californian
I geeked out over impressionism and post-impressionism at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. «Daily Californian, Jul 15»
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In collaboration with Silverman Gallery, Pennswood Art Gallery …
The Silverman Gallery has made Pennsylvania Impressionism its primary mission. Herman Silverman, founder and Chairman Emeritus of the ... «Bucks Local News, Jul 15»
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How Computing Can Help Art Historians - The New York Times
The results — which found uncanny similarities between examples of Russian Romanticism and French Impressionism, between Pop Art and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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You Can Thank This Man for Popularizing French Impressionism
Chances are that you're familiar with the names of some of the most popular French Impressionists - Monet, Renoir, Manet, Pissarro, Degas ... «WRTI, Jul 15»
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Documentary brings color to the story of Impressionism's early …
When in 1883 Durand-Ruel brought the new painting to the New World, however, Impressionism found both critical and commercial success. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Omnivore's Dilemma: Rethinking John Singer Sargent
However, as Ormond points out, “It took less than a decade in England for Sargent to pass from arch-apostle of the 'dab and spot' school [of Impressionism] to ... «Big Think, Jul 15»

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