1. Was Édouard Manet an Impressionist Painter?
Jaxtheimer had this to say on Impressionism, "It would be wrong to regard Impressionism as a break in the development of art, although it contradicted so much that had gone before... ... " The term 'Impressionism' is used to define the style of art that emerged in the 19th century beginning in Paris, France and later sweeping across Europe in not only painting but in other art forms like sculpture, literature and photography. With Impressionism we see the first step into modern art, with artists paying less attention to fine finish and detail and instead trying to captur...
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