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Impasto |
"pasty." referring to thick application of paint, resulting in obvious surface texture |
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Painterly |
Fluid application of paint, not permitting tiny details |
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Landscape |
The art category in which the subject is NATURE; MARINE paintings depict water |
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Plein-air |
"open air," term for the process and the result of setting up an easel out doors and painting a picture of that select motif |
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Broken Brushwork |
large, obvious, visible brushstrokes that make the viewer aware of how the picture was painted |
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Impressionism |
French painting style c. 1865-90 characterized by accessible subjects (landscape and everyday life), painterly execution evoking spontaneity, immediacy: works exhibited in 8 independent group exhibitions 1874-1886 |
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Pointillism |
Brushwork technique associated with Georges Seurat (d. 1891) who wanted to make impressionism look methodical, rather than haphazard |
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Synthetism |
Gauguin's style, developed in Brittany; fusion of Japonisme (flat, asymmetry, bold outlines) and Impressionist bright color |
