Answer: impressionism

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IMPRESSIONISMA theory and school of art.
impressionismA literary or artistic style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience rather than to achieve accurate depiction
impressionismA style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, esp. in terms of the shifting effect of light and color
impressionisma 19th century movement in painting
impressionismA style of composition (associated esp. with Debussy) in which clarity of structure and theme is subordinate to harmonic effects, characteristically using the whole-tone scale