Impression and Surrealism

IMPRESSIONISM AND SURREALISM
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INTRODUCTION
In the history of art, both impressionism and surrealism are considered as major movements. Both of them broke contemporary painting style of their own time, contributing large in fixing the course of art history and influencing other artists of following decades. From an artistic point of view, they can be described as a revolution in the art world as they cut through the academic painting style and introduced new styles with distinctive artistic approaches. However, apart from the fact that they introduced a new style to art, impressionism and surrealism do not have many similarities between them in terms of painting style. The most important fact about these movements is they had significant influences on other form of visual artworks as well as literature, music, architecture and film; specially the surrealism which is generally referred as a cultural movement because of its wide influence in almost every field of creative works.
UNDERSTAND THE MOVEMENTS
Impressionism was a Paris based art moment that was originated in the 19th century by a group of artists who strictly opposed the French art community during the 1870s and 1880s. The name, impressionism was derived from an artwork with the same title by Claude Monet, one of the most influential artists of all time. Breaking the tradition, the impressionism introduced tiny brush strokes, which were barely visible, in the form of an open composition with perfect depiction of light and its effects depending on the passage of time. From an unusual angle, the artists usually try to illustrate an ordinary subject, keeping movement as an imperative element of human acuity.
Surrealism, on the other hand, was introduced right after the First World War. The artworks of this movement feature surprising elements and unexpected combinations. The base of this movement was also Paris. Starting in the early 1920s, surrealism established revolutionary changes in intellectual world by initiating new ways of thinking in every aspects of life including visual art, music, literature, language, film, political thought...