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· Was a movement in European Classical Music, mainly in France
· Began in late 19th century continued into the middle of the 20th century
· Focused on suggestion and atmosphere rather than strong emotion or the depiction of a story
· Occurred as a reaction to the excesses of the romantic era
· Characterized by dramatic use of the major and minor scale
· Makes more use of dissonance and more uncommon scales such as the whole tone scale, chromatic and exotic rhythms
· Romantic composers also used long forms of music such as the symphony as concerto, while impressionist composers favoured short forums such as the nocturne, arabesque, and prelude.
· Was based in france
· French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice ravel are generally considered to be the two "great" impressionists.
· Many musical instructions in impressionist pieces are written in French
· Begun by Debussy
· In place of the usual harmonic progression, he developed a style in which chords are valued for their individual sonorities rather than for their relations to one another.
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Did Impressionism or Post-Impressionism come first?
Of course Impressionism, since Post-Impressionism means after Impressionism.
How is impressionism different from romanticism?
Realism is a French term meaning Naturalistic Painting with a socio-polical message, where as Impressionism is a term that was used as derogatory, but the impressionist used as a label for themselves "which was to capture an instantaneous impression of a scene in nature."
Was Post Impressionism a new movement or was it a continuation of Impressionism with a change of subject?
Post Impressionism can be seen as a extension of Impressionism, but disregarding many of the limitations and certain concepts of Impressionism.
What are facts about impressionism?
5 facts impressionism
What was before post impressionism?
Impressionism. The syllable post- means after.
Did Impressionism or Post-Impressionism come first?
Of course Impressionism, since Post-Impressionism means after Impressionism.
How is impressionism different from romanticism?
Realism is a French term meaning Naturalistic Painting with a socio-polical message, where as Impressionism is a term that was used as derogatory, but the impressionist used as a label for themselves "which was to capture an instantaneous impression of a scene in nature."
Was Post Impressionism a new movement or was it a continuation of Impressionism with a change of subject?
Post Impressionism can be seen as a extension of Impressionism, but disregarding many of the limitations and certain concepts of Impressionism.
What religion is impressionism?
Impressionism is not a religion.
What are facts about impressionism?
5 facts impressionism
What movement is associated with Debussy and Ravel?
impressionism
What kind of music was Claude Debussy associated with?
Impressionism
What was before post impressionism?
Impressionism. The syllable post- means after.
What are some achievements of Monet?
Starting Impressionism.
Put these five artistic movements in order in which they developed from the earliest to the most recent Neoclassicism Impressionism romanticism realism and post-Impressionism?
Neoclassicism romanticism realism impressionism post-impressionism
What Romanticism Neoclassicism Post-Impressionism Impressionism Realism in order from earliest to most recent?
Neoclassicism(1) Romanticism(2) Realism(3) Impressionism(4) Post-Impressionism(5)
What is the style of abstract Monet used?
His painting style was Impressionism. That is not Cubism.
