impressionism
UK/ɪm'preʃənɪzəm/US/im'preʃәnizm/
B2
Definitions
n.
A late-19th-century art movement capturing light, color, and the fleeting visual impression of a moment
印象主义；印象派
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedim-not, opposite of
+
-ionact, process, state
+
-ismdoctrine, belief, practice
=impressionism
impression + -ism. From impress (im- 'into' + press = press into the mind). The movement was named for painting the immediate 'impression' a scene presses onto the eye, before the mind tidies it up.
Root press still carries 89 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.French Impressionism法国印象派
- 2.Impressionism movement印象主义运动
- 3.Impressionist style印象派风格
Example Sentences
- 1.
Monet's water lilies are a defining work of Impressionism.
- 2.
Impressionism broke from the rigid realism that came before it.