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‘The different directions the Impressionists took in their handling after c[irca]1880[ce]* were in all cases attempts to emphasize certain qualities in their brushwork. But their painting retained one of the most important innovations Manet and the others had made in the 1860s: to leave the individual strokes of the brush distinct and visible on the paint-surface. This had two basic results: first, to undermine the demands for smooth finish which dominated the Neo-classical tradition in French painting, and second, to establish the appearance of spontaneity and directness as a positive aesthetic value in the final appearance of a painting.’

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*16A~1880[ce]

**[ibid (Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 5:)793]

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