postimpressionism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French impressionnisme English impressionism English postimpressionism From post- + impressionism. Coined by English artist and art critic Roger Fry to describe the (mostly French) art presented in an exhibition at the London Grafton Galleries in 1910.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| post-impressionism | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
cmn 後印象派 /后印象派 (genre of painting) · de Postimpressionismus (genre of painting) · fi postimpressionismi (genre of painting) · nl postimpressionisme (genre of painting) · ga iar-Impriseanachas (genre of painting) · kk постимпрессионизм (genre of painting) · af postimpressionisme (genre of painting) · ka პოსტიმპრესიონიზმი (genre of painting) · ro postimpresionism (genre of painting) · fr postimpressionnisme (genre of painting) · es postimpresionismo (genre of painting)