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Chapter 31.
Terms and Vocabulary Words.
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/19/2011

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Impressionism.
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A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.
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Baron Haussmann.
Definition
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891) was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris.
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Plein air.
Definition
  A style of painting produced outdoors in natural light.
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Ponitillism.
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A technique of neo-Impressionist painting using tiny dots, which become blended in the viewer's eye.
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Symbolist movement.
Definition
A late nineteenth-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts.
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Art Nouveau.
Definition
A style of decorative art, architecture, and design characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms. (late 19th–early 20th centuries)
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