pictorialism

Meaning

Noun

  • A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  • Any artistic use of photography to imitate painting, especially using pictorial conventions.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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