Impressionism            Although the Impressionists were "historians," the term needs a definition to understand the influences on their work. Impressionism was originally a derogatory term describing the hazy and uncompleted appearance of the group of painter's works. The term evolved to mean the group of painters whose works portrayed modern life. It is very difficult to define impressionism fittingly because the term, while identifying specific types of paintings, is itself very broad, but thankfully it is linked to the definition of modernity.³
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