audrey’s Reviews > The Piano Works of Claude Debussy > Status Update

Tracing back a few chapters, the author investigated the term "impressionism," saying how it has been reassessed constantly, for instance: "In literature, in painting, in music, the aim of these kindred artists was to suggest rather than to depict; to mirror not the object but the emotional reaction to the object; to interpret a fugitive impression rather than to seize upon and fix the permanent reality."