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[deleted] t1_je5dcyp wrote

Reply to comment by Naritai in 19th century impressionistic paintings by Turner and Monet depict realism of air pollution, that increased to unprecedented levels during the Industrial Revolution by marketrent

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Naritai t1_je5tij2 wrote

Yeah, I'm not that familiar with the Hudson Valley school, but one hypothesis would be that they saw the impressionist paintings from London and Paris (which were indeed polluted), and imitated the style.

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