What new approaches to form did the Impressionists introduce and how were these trends continued in the work of the Post-Impressionists?
The Impressionists intorduced the idea that rather than create art that was as realistic as possible, you can create art that uses color and shape to symbolize form, rather than directly represent it. The Post-impressionists were artists unified by their interest in expressing their emotional and psychological responses to the world through bold colors and expressive, often symbolic images
