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ISM of Art
Movements of Art
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
09/24/2007

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Realism
Definition
The realistic and natural representation of people, places, and/or things in a work of art.

Corbet Manet Whistler Eakins

Different from Naturalism.
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Impressionism
Definition
Impressionist artists tried to paint candid glimpses of their subjects showing the effects of sunlight on things at different times of day

Monet Renoir Degas
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Symbolism
Definition
Depiction the symbols of ideas.

Rather than the precise equivalents of ideas or emotions, its symbols were meant to be more mysterious, ambiguous suggestions of meanings.

Munch
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Post-Impressionism
Definition
greater concern for expression, structure and form than did the Impressionist artists

Matisse Braque
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Neo-Impressionism
Definition
an outgrowth of and reaction to Impressionism. It was originated by Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, 1859-1891), who employed a technique called pointillism
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