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Expressionism vs Postimpressionism - What's the difference?

expressionism | postimpressionism |

As nouns the difference between expressionism and postimpressionism

is that expressionism is a movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences while postimpressionism is a genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.

expressionism

English

Noun

(wikipedia expressionism) (-)
  • A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
  • A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

    • Derived terms

    * abstract expressionism

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism

    postimpressionism

    English

    Alternative forms

    * post-impressionism

    Noun

    (Post-Impressionism) (-)
  • (arts) A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners