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juste-milieu [zhyst-mee-lyœ]

Juste Milieu

[zhyst-mee-lyœ]
The Juste Milieu art movement (meaning “middle way” or “happy medium”) is a term originally used to describe a form of painting and philosophy that reconciled two dominant art movements in 19th century France between the conservative, academic artists and the independent artists known as the Impressionists.

Prominent Juste Milieu painters

References

  • Art: A World History, ISBN-10: 0810994429, ISBN-13: 978-0810994423
  • A Picture History of Art, ISBN 7148 1910 7
  • A Basic History of Art (fifth Edition), ISBN 0-13-578774-2

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