Impressionism vs. Expressionism

Impressionismnoun

(arts) a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities

Impressionismnoun

(music genre) a style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer

Impressionismnoun

(poetry) a style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions

Impressionismnoun

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.

Impressionismnoun

a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light

Impressionism

Impressionism is 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, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

Expressionismnoun

A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences

Expressionismnoun

A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

Expressionismnoun

an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized.

Expressionismnoun

a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves.

Expressionismnoun

an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

Expressionism

Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.