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Long before sunlight shimmered across canvas, a quiet revolution was already taking shape. This insightful study traces the artistic currents that prepared the way for Impressionism, from bold experiments in realism to shifting ideas about light and perception. By exploring the painters and movements that challenged convention, it reveals how innovation is born from dialogue with the past. Richly contextual and elegantly argued, it illuminates the roots of a movement that forever changed how we see.