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Where impressionism referred to the immediate reaction to the painters surroundings which led to an emphasis on color and rhythm over form and content. Post-impressionism was an alteration to this thinking, some artist sought to place more emphasis on form such as Cezanne. Seen in his painting, Mont Sainte-Victoire, the common qualities of Post-Impressionism is shown here, one of which is the space is flattened and depth is given through the colors which get cooler the farther back it gets. The paint in this seems quickly drawn and rhythmic as if Cezanne was directly responding to what he saw.

Romanticism was a respond to the enlightenment where they put more focus on emotional expression over reason. In Joseph Mallord William Turner's The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons expresses the emotion through the dramatic lengths in which he paints the fire. The way it was painted shares a similarity with post-impressionism in its expressive brushstrokes and liberal interpretation of the scene. The contrast of light and dark is another staple of romanticism, seen here there is a contrast between the light yellow-orange fire and the dark shading of the onlookers in the foreground.