Today’s lecture began with a discussion of the methods of early photography, like the photograph of the abolitionist John Brown, before finishing realism and moving to impressionism. Impressionism is a very interesting period and is the movement in which important painters such as Monet and Manet worked. I have been to Monet’s gardens at Giverny before, which contained his gardens where he worked and several of his fascinating paintings. The discussion of Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass was very interesting, covering the scandal covered by the painting, as it was considered a condemnation of the values of the nobility. The allusion to the painting by Giorgione was very interesting, and not something that I had considered previously.