Joseph Turner's Painting Movements

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Amanda Tichenor
 ROMANTICISM
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Originated in the second half of the 18th century
in Western Europe
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Against aristocratic social and political norms
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Against the scientific rationalization of nature
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Used to refer to various artistic, intellectual, and
social trends of the era
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Cult of sensibility
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Respect for a new, wilder, untrammeled and pure
nature
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Avoidance of classical forms and rules
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Emphasis on the emotional and spiritual
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Representation of the unattainable ideal
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Nostalgia for the grace of past ages
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Predilection for exotic themes
 Impressionism
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19th-century art movement
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The name is derived from the title of a
Claude Monet work, 'Impression
Sunrise'
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Visible brush strokes
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Open composition
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Emphasis on light in its changing
qualities
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Ordinary subject matter
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Inclusion of movement as a crucial
element of human perception and
experience
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Unusual visual angles