A Lifetime of Color: Study Art

Glossary: Luminism
An offshoot of American Romanticism, Luminism explored ways to depict light realistically on canvas. Luminist artists sought to capture the specific effects of light in particular places. Leading American luminists were John F. Kensett, Martin J. Heade , Jasper Francis Cropsey, and Frederick Edwin Church.

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