luminism
- n an artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective
- American luminismtypified by the flat, light-filled, glassily tight seascapes of Fitz Hugh Lane or Martin Johnson Headewas reverence in paint.
- Theirs was the distinctive language of American luminism, with the surface of sea and sky like a membrane of pure contemplation, every pebble and mast distinct, caught in a kind .