| 词汇 | impressionism |
| 词源 | impressionism. A painting by Claude Monet entitled Impres- sion-Sunset is responsible for the name of the school of art called impressionism. French critic Louis Leroy coined the term in a review he wrote on April 25, 1874, ridiculing Monet’s painting and others of an experimental nature that he had seen exhibited at a photographer’s studio in Paris. Meaning to be sarcastic, he entitled his review L’Exposition des Impressionists. Soon the term caught on, losing its pejorative sense. |
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