Todays class was an online lecture where we looked into Impressionism. Impressionism involves visible brushstrokes, light, and a capture of transitory feel of modern life. Impressionism sometimes looks like a continuation of realism. We first looked into the work of Claude Monet, who painted the Boulevard des Capucines. Monet painted this from his view from his room and is a city scene of the bran new set of streets of the grand boulevard. We looked at Edouard Manet and his le déjeuner sur l’herbe painting. This painting was rejected by the salon in 1863 and is considered an Impressionism painting because of its loose brushwork and the depiction of modern life. The lights and darks of the color also signify an impressionist painting. This work although has a flaw of an undeveloped background compared to its developed foreground.