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barbizon |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Barbizon \Bar`bi`zon"\, or Barbison \Bar`bi`son"\, school \school\ (Painting) A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near the forest of Fontainebleau Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny Jules Dupr['e], and Diaz. Associated with them are certain painters of animals, as Troyon and Jaque, and of peasant life, as Millet and Jules Breton.
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