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Synthetism
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<p>Synthetism is a term used by <a href="/facts/Post-Impressionism/18PBYXzn">Post-Impressionist</a> artists like <a href="/facts/Paul_Gauguin/lGVLVfpr">Paul Gauguin</a>, <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589mile_Bernard/ydEIrXWK">Émile Bernard</a> and <a href="/facts/Louis_Anquetin/oxbTmtJ5">Louis Anquetin</a> to distinguish their work <a href="/facts/Style_(visual_arts)/zhwpj73x">stylistically</a> from <a href="/facts/Impressionism/dc54l9eS">Impressionism</a>. Earlier, <i>Synthetism</i> has been connected to the term <a href="/facts/Cloisonnism/5oVdWVra">Cloisonnism</a>, and later to <a href="/facts/Symbolism_(arts)/LfFKeSLb">Symbolism</a>. The term is derived from the French verb <i>synthétiser</i> (<i>to synthesize</i> or <i>to combine so as to form a new, complex product</i>). </p>