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=**Axel's Wiki on Impressionism**=

=Impressionism=

Impressionism was a late 19th century-early 20th century music period when Debussy noticed the public reaction to dramatic and dynamic emotionalism of romantic music. Impressionist music used new chord combinations, whole-tone chords, chromaticism, and exotic rhythms and scales.

Monet
**Claude Monet** (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of French impressionist painting, and is the most recognized impressionist painter. The word "Impressionism" even stems from one of his paintings, //Impression, Sunrise//. (//Impression, Sunrise// by Claude Monet)

=Art in the Impressionism in general= Impressionist art shows a unique interaction between painting and music. Impressionist music and impressionist art has a sort of connection, in the way that it is made and the way they fit together. A famous critic, Camille Mauclair, said that "Famous critic Camille Mauclair suggests that "__Light__ is used in Impressionist painting in the manner that a __theme__ in music is symphonically developed. The landscapes of Claude Monet are in fact symphonies of luminous waves, and the music of Monsieur Debussy, based not on a succession of themes but on the relative values of sounds in themselves, bears a remarkable resemblance to these pictures. It is Impressionism consisting of sonorous patches." ( [])

=Renoir= Renoir's pictures are still among the most precious you can find in the world of art today, and he is also one of the world's most recognizable artists. He was quite famous for his portraits of women, celebrating voloptous female body shapes. ([]) **
 * Renoir (full name Pierre-Auguste Renoir) was another huge artist in the Impressionism period. In his lfie, he made about 6000 paintings. He was born 1841 in France and died in 1919.

=Pissarro= Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a French impressionist painter, who was poor most of his life but still gave the world some of it's most sensitive pictures, mainly from Parisian and provincial scenes. He was quite fond of painting landscapes. ([]) (//Landscape at Chaponval// by Camille Pissarro)

=Music in the Impressionism in general= Music in the Impressionism was quite different from the preceding eras as the use of harmony had developed a lot. Impressionist music used a new kind of chord development. Instead of building up and loosening tension, as was the norm at that time, chords were used to induce images into the listeners mind. Sometimes the melody in Impressionist music isn't exactly clear, as much as it is implied. In other words, as the title of the genre would suggest, we only get an impression of it. = ([]) = ([]) (^Link to a Impressionist piece by Debussy)

=Debussy= Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French Impressionist composer. He is even today loved for his amazing compositions, that have been descriped as being very light and full of emotions. He is most famous for his orchestral compositions, and his piano pieces are still favorites today among piano students around the world. Debussy's perhaps best known work is //Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun// ([]) ([]) (^A link to //Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)//

=Ravel= .Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a French composer during the Impressionist period. He was known especially for his orchestral effects and melodies. An example of this can be found in //Bolero (// []), one of his most famous pieces. =** Vaughan Williams **= . Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) was a British composer in the Impressionist era of music. During his life, he produced music in a large variety of genres, including symphonies, opears, film music, ballet and stage music, song cycles, church music and chorus and orchestra music. One of his most famous works is called //Talis Fantasia//. ( [] ) (  [] )  (^Link to //Talis Fantasia//)

=**Delius**= Frederick Delius (1862-1934) was an English composer in the Impressionist era. He claimed to be inspired by composers such as Grieg and Wagner in writing his music. His music is strong in emotions and sensuality. //A Mass of Life// ([]) is one of his most famous pieces. ([])