Look up: Luminism

1. luminism
   Method of painting, associated with the Hudson River School in the 19th century, that emphasized the effects of light on water. ...
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2. Luminism
   Term meaning roughly, painting of light. Applied specifically to American landscape painters of the Hudson River School from about 1830-70. Many of their paintings were dominated by intense and often dramatic light effects. In British art a form of Luminism underlies Whistler's 'Nocturnes'. Sometime...
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3. luminism
   noun an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective
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4. luminism
   late 19th-century painting style emphasizing a unique clarity of light. It was characteristic of the works of a group of independent American ...
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5. luminism
   luminism (lOO'miniz"um) , American art movement of the 19th cent. Luminism was an outgrowth of the Hudson River school. In its concern for capturing the effects of light and atmosphere it is sometimes linked to impressionism. Its practitioners included Frederick E. Church (in his early caree...
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6. Luminism
   (Impressionism) `Luminism` is a late-impressionist or neo-impressionist style in painting which devotes great attention to light effects. The term has been used for the style of the Belgian painters such as Emile Claus and Théo van Rysselberghe and their followers (Jenny Montigny, Anna De ...
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7. Luminism
   (American art style) `Luminism` is an American landscape painting style of the 1850s – 1870s, characterized by effects of light in landscapes, through using aerial perspective, and concealing visible brushstrokes. Luminist landscapes emphasize tranquility, and often depict calm, ref...
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