Impressionism
As one of the most popular and influential European art movements, Impressionism was born in France and spread throughout Europe and America from the 1860s. Impressionist painting is distinguished by its emphasis on the artist’s immediate and spontaneous ‘impression’ of a scene, focusing on the vanishing effects of light and color. Effectively emphasizing the subjective depiction of reality by the artist shifted Europe’s perspective of micromanaging representation to artistic expression. Even common folk activities, landscapes, and figures were captured using tender strokes and flashing light in Impressionist style. Claude Monet, with his water lilies and haystacks, Edgar Degas with his ballet dancers, and Berthe Morisot with her tender domestic scenes took the lead in Famous impressionist painters’ movement. Impressionism gained fame and sweeping popularity from the later part of the 19th century to the early 20th, only to face some criticism due to its non-conformism in painting. Their innovative approach and lack of strict guideline broke norms and allowed spontaneous percussions of laughter with tears. Now, it is mostly referred to with fondness and Impressionism was without a shadow of doubt the leitmotif of celebrating the world of art for its never-ending creativity exaggerating the emotions of flexing, while in fact sustaining reasons to commemorate beauty.
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