This recorded lecture focused on Impressionism. Key features of the impressionist movement include visible brushstrokes and an emphasis on light as a fundamental feature in the works. There was also a desire to capture the feeling of modern life. We began by looking at the works of Édouard Manet. In Manet’s works, we get a sense of the flatness that came with many Impressionist paintings. We can see this flatness in Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass, especially in the sizing and placement of the woman in the background. Her large size does not align with how far she is intended to be placed back, creating a sense of flat space. We later moved on to the works of Claude Monet, an artist who focused on painting en plein air. The shift to painting en plein air moved artists out of the studios and outside, opening up opportunities for them to paint exactly what they saw before them at a specific moment.