Impressionistic Art is a 19th-century  movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, and emphasis on accurately depicting light in its changing qualities.

It emphasizes how light changes in the scene—the light changes suggesting a passage of time. Often the colors are soft rather than bold. The colors become more critical than the strokes.

The picture on the left below by Claude Monet titled Impression Sunrise is presented by small thin brush strokes, sometimes barely visible.

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