impressionism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light

WordNet


Im*pres"sion*ism noun
Etymology
F. impressionnisme.
Definitions
  1. (Fine Arts) The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a recent fashion in painting and etching.

Webster 1913