synthetism

British

/ ˈsɪnθɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

(often capital) the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience

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Other Word Forms

synthetist noun

Etymology

Origin of synthetism

C19: from Greek sunthetos composite; see _synthetic

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Even where color occupies in painting the place attributed to outline in sculpture, there are in these two manifestations of mental images--and in spite of the synthetism peculiar to painting,--striking similitudes.

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