Pictorialism
An international art photography movement cresting in the first decade of the twentieth century. Pictorialism aimed for artistic effects that imitate and rival those of traditional pictorial arts, particularly painting and graphic media. More specifically, the term in this period came to be particularly associated with gentle idealism, spiritual longing, and wistful retreat from the modernizing forces transforming Western societies. In the United States, with the exception of ... ...
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