impressionism

IPA: ɪmprˈɛʃʌnɪzʌm

(art) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.
(music) A style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer.
(poetry) A style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions.

Examples of "impressionism" in Sentences

- impressionism; impressionism is to painting what friggin 'Yanni is to classical music.
Any particular style, such as impressionism, is a temporary stage, a partial equilibrium in a long his - torical process.
There was also a large light green summer landscape – an experiment in impressionism – but thin and plain as far as colouring went.
This is what has come to be known as impressionism, i.e., a painterly illusion - ism that turns up in very different forms and in very different degrees.
What Martin may have gotten, during his stay in Europe, which is called impressionism is, it must be said, a more aristocratic type of impressionism than issued from the Monet followers.
Yes, we must do better than that kind of impressionism, however, upon which: Poor black kids are routinely subject to less qualified teachers, who stick around for less time, than poor white kids.
Only the extreme of what is called impressionism tries to give upon canvas one absolute momentary view; the result is that when the beholder has himself actually been struck by that aspect, the picture has an extraordinary force and emotional value -- like the vivid power of recalling the past possessed by smells.