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    Impressionism started in the early 1860s in Paris as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and others worked together, reacting against the emphasis of academic teachings on historical subjects. Impressionist paintings characterized by manipulating color, tone, and texture rather than traditional subject matter, with the group gaining their name from Monet's 1872 painting Impression: Sunrise which was criticized in a newspaper article, leading them to adopt the term.

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    Impressionism started in the early 1860s in Paris as Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and others worked together, reacting against the emphasis of academic teachings on historical subjects. Impressionist paintings characterized by manipulating color, tone, and texture rather than traditional subject matter, with the group gaining their name from Monet's 1872 painting Impression: Sunrise which was criticized in a newspaper article, leading them to adopt the term.

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    Impressionism

    • When and where did impressionism start?


    Impressionism started in the early 1860s including Claude Monet,
    Edouard manet, Fredric Bazille & etc. who worked together and
    influenced each other in the stunning lady of iron, Paris.

    • What did the impressionist painters react against?


    The academical teaching emphasis on mythological or historical subject
    matter.

    • What characterizes impressionist painting (subject matter/motif, colours,


    style/technique)?
    In impressionism, the traditional subject matter was downgraded, and
    attention was shifted to the artist’s manipulation of colour, tone, and
    texture.

    • How did the group of painters get the name 'impressionists'?


    Monet’s painting Impression: Sunrise (1872) earned them the name
    “Impressionists” from the journalist Louis Leroy writing in the satirical
    magazine Le Charivari in 1874. The artists themselves soon adopted the
    name. cause why not?!

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