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2570884382 was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group oI Paris-based

artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.
The name oI the style is derived Irom the title oI a Claude Monet work, Impression, soleil levant
(Impression, Sunrise), which provoked the critic Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satiric review
published in the Parisian newspaper Le Charivari.
Characteristics oI Impressionist paintings include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes;
open composition; emphasis on accurate depiction oI light in its changing qualities (oIten
accentuating the eIIects oI the passage oI time); common, ordinary subject matter; the inclusion
oI movement as a crucial element oI human perception and experience; and unusual visual
angles. The development oI Impressionism in the visual arts was soon Iollowed by analogous
styles in other media which became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.
The term "Impressionism" can also be used to describe art created in this style, but not during the
late 19th century.

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