Transcription: The impressionist artist set for himself the goal of recording the effect of light upon objects and upon the atmosphere. Thus, whatever scene he selected to record, his real subject was light and air. He used brilliant colors even in the shadows because he reasoned shadows are actually not gray or black but merely the darker hues like blue, violet or green. Instead of mixing their colors on the palette according to tradition, the impressionist set down individual flecks of pure color next to each other on the canvas. These separate flecks of color were blended by the optical process in the vie ...
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