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Japanese art prints 

Artist like Claude Monet and Edgar Degas made their fame through the inspiration of Japanese woodblock prints. The art of impressionism is characterize by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes that give emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience and unusual visual angles.

In addition, this kind of art was influence by Japanese art prints in terms of content, style and approach culminating in a creative art. 

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