Definition of Luminists

1. luminist [n] - See also: luminist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminists

lumined
lumines
luminesce
luminesced
luminescence
luminescences
luminescent
luminescent proteins
luminesces
luminescing
luminiferous
lumining
luminism
luminisms
luminist
luminists (current term)
luminogenic
luminol
luminometer
luminometers
luminometric
luminometry
luminophore
luminophores
luminosities
luminosity
luminosity distance
luminosity distances
luminosity function
luminous

Literary usage of Luminists

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Painter in Oil; a Complete Treatise on the Principles and Technique by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst (1903)
"The luminists. — This is the principle of all " loose painting " carried out scientifically. It is the cause of the peculiar technique of those ..."

2. Estimates in Art by Frank Jewett Mather (1916)
"The luminists of to-day happen to bulk large and claim the honors of impressionism because they are innovators in the new themes of sunlight and atmosphere. ..."

3. The History of Modern Painting by RICHARD. MUTHER (1907)
"... The Playground " of 1890, was an interesting study in the manner of the French luminists. The bright colours of the dresses have a piquant coquettish ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... there have been successively the Realist movement, the movements of the Impressionists, the luminists, the Nco-impressionists, the Independents, ..."

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