Impressionism and Its Aftermath

The late nineteenth-century movements that broke from academic painting toward direct observation of light and color and, in reaction, toward personal and symbolic expression, plus the decorative Art Nouveau style and the reform-minded Arts and Crafts Movement that arose alongside them. Belongs here: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts Movement. Does not belong here: the more radical early twentieth-century breaks with representation that followed, which are grouped under Early Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde.