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Realism vs Impressionism - What's the difference?

realism | impressionism |

As nouns the difference between realism and impressionism

is that realism is a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary while impressionism is (arts) a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.

realism

English

(wikipedia realism)

Noun

  • A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
  • An artistic representation of reality as it is
  • (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
  • (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them

    • Antonyms

    * (doctrine concerning universals) nominalism

    See also

    * idealism

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    impressionism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia impressionism)
  • (arts) a movement in art characterized by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities
  • (music) a style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer
  • (poetry) a style that used imagery and symbolism to portray the poet's impressions

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