Impressionism
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Impressionism is the most popular art movement of all time. As a result of it, these cheery landscape paintings dress up our homes and offices, cheer us up in hospitals and inspire us to take trips abroad.
Originally, the term “impressionist” was given as an insult because the paintings looked unfinished to the viewer accustomed to many layers of glazes. It appeared that artists were too lazy to refine their brushstrokes and images were blurred, without finely defined contours.
The impressionist artists were interested in the interplay of colors and light, the fleeting quality of life. Impressionism is the soft focus that gives the sense of a lovely impression caught just before it slips away.