tonalism
Emphasis on atmosphere
Tonalism is an American landscape painting style from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized by soft, hazy atmosphere and muted, harmonious colors—often grays, browns, and blues.
The movement emphasized mood over detail, with landscapes shrouded in mist or twilight: The museum's collection includes several works of American tonalism.
The term also applies to similar atmospheric approaches in photography.
Gaseous layer around planets
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- subduedReduced in intensity
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
softened · gradation · monochrome · palette · nuance · desaturated · low-key · subtle
Visible features of terrain
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- mistsThin airborne water droplets
nocturne · marsh · meadow · moonrise · seascape · woodland · riverbank · horizon
Subdued, lasting sadness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
pensive · wistful · elegiac · meditative · introspective · nostalgic · reflective · poetic
Art movement emphasizing light
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
Lock-opening device
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
interval · scale · pitch · polyphony · counterpoint · major · minor · transposition
atmosphere
Gaseous layer around planets
haze · softened · gradation · monochrome · palette · nuance · desaturated · low-key · subtle · restrained
landscape
Visible features of terrain
mists · nocturne · marsh · meadow · moonrise · seascape · woodland · riverbank · horizon · silhouette
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- contemplativeInclined to deep thought
brooding · pensive · wistful · elegiac · meditative · introspective · nostalgic · reflective · poetic · dreamlike
Impressionism
Art movement emphasizing light
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- aestheticismValuing beauty above ethics
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
key
Lock-opening device
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
cadence · interval · scale · pitch · polyphony · counterpoint · major · minor · transposition · semitone
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- art techniquespainting, drawing, sketching, shading, blending
- American ArtAmerican art, Hudson River School, American Renaissance, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism
- landscape paintingimpressionism, realism, naturism, romanticism, Hudson River School
- Oil Paintingsportrait, landscape, still life, nude, self-portrait
- realismrealism, representational, figurative, naturalism, realist art
tonalismphotorealism
Art imitating camera accuracy
hyperrealism · trompe-l'oeil · hard-edge painting · trompe l'oeil · naturalism
tonalismexpressionism
Distorting reality for emotion
pop art · chromaticism · post-impressionism · pointillism · psychedelic art
tonalismfuturism
Study of tomorrow's possibilities
expressionism · action painting · abstract expressionism · kinetic art · constructivism