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synthetism
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synthetism [ˈsɪnθɪˌtɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (often capital) the symbolism of Paul Gauguin, the French postimpressionist painter (1848-1903) and the Nabis, a group of French painters much influenced by him, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience
[from Greek sunthetos composite; see synthetic]
synthetist  n
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Noun1.synthetism - a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas
genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique


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