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NEO-IMPRESSIONISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
DEF

[A] movement founded by Seurat and Signac in about 1885 in an effort to systematize and "scientize" impressionism.

CONT

As neo-impressionism followed impressionism so it, in its turn, was followed by post-impressionism - a protest against the growing worship of mere skill in representation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
DEF

Mouvement constitué par Seurat, Signac et le groupe d'artistes qui suivirent leurs principes, l'étude scientifique de la couleur et la division systématique du ton pratiquée d'instinct par les impressionnistes.

CONT

Le néo-impressionnisme [...] garantit un maximum de luminosité, de coloration et d'harmonie qui n'avait pas encore été atteint.

Spanish

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