impressionistic

Examples

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• The most popular of these, Eugene Veron's L'Esthetique, initially published in 1878, is a quasi-scientific, almost impressionistic study of the physiology of art-making and aesthetic reception.

  Academic text (1993)

• Rather, our knowing is like an impressionistic painting; the object is always seen and embodied in the interpretive materials that we provide.

  Academic text (1995)

• At times his method is impressionistic; at others, judicial.

  Academic text (1995)

• In general, an impressionistic image should possess strong graphic lines that guide the eye to the subject.

  Academic text (1994)

• The scenes are impressionistic, not chronological; they shift around in time.

  Academic text (2010)

• The band explored the compositional elements of impressionistic music and their effect on human emotional response.

  Academic text (2005)

• All of these artistic aims help to establish a mood, whereas any surroundings appear impressionistic because of the soft focus.

  Academic text (2004)

• The reader drifts through Harlem, as if in a dream, as Rhodes-Pitts's impressionistic prose weaves together real life, photographs, lists, fiction, and poetry.

  Academic text (2011)

• Here, the sensitive strains of impressionistic music combine with the subtle artistry of the animator, to finally answer that age-old question, "What is man's relationship to nature?"

  Fantasia 2000 (2000)

• The artist's painting was an impressionistic portrayal of the sunset, capturing the colors rather than the details.

Synonyms

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impressionist

vsimpressionistic

8 7.0

It describes art that shows light and color with loose, short brush marks

focuses on subjective sensory effect rather than on objective reality or detail

How Impressionistic

impressionistic

2 8.4

suggestive

18 5.2

atmospheric

13 4.1

naturalistic

12 6.0

realistic

65 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology