Charles A. Cramer

Art History Assoc. Prof. at Suffolk Uni., Boston. Publications: "Abstraction & the Classical Ideal" (Uni. of Delaware Press, 2006), “Alexander Cozens’s New Method” (Art Bulletin 79, no. 1, Mar 1997).

Art History

What does “Impressionism” mean?

Claude Monet’s 'Impression, Sunrise' exemplifies Impressionism with its focus on light and atmosphere over detail. Initially ridiculed, it named the movement and highlighted fleeting moments and middle-class leisure in art.