• focused on qualities and actions of light
• no theory or idea behind work; just beauty
• lyrical quiteness, freshness (no brown underpaint)
• tache mark: shorthand dash with the brush
• seizes an instantaneous moment in nature (sur le motif- in front of the motif; IN nature)
• Impressionism stems from sadness of Franco-Prussian War; artists wanted to create a perfumey oasis

• Manet Dejeuner sur L'herbe
• 1865
• dappling light effects
• more "modern" since they're all clothed

• Manet Women in the Garden
• 1866
• separate existence of each figure
• juxtaposition of light and shade

• Monet Le Grenouillere
• 1869
• incredibly simplified, yet pungent figures
• depicts popular, modern places of Paris
• dappling tache marks on the water

• Monet Impression Sunrise
• 1872

• Monet La Japonaise
• 1876
• Japonisme: love of Japanese forms, composition, color, etc
• Japonaisere: collecting of Japanese artifacts (kimonos, fans, etc)

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• Monet Water Lillies
• 1920
• no boundaries or limits
• shimmering

• Monet Haystacks
• 1888
• filled with personality
• impasto, rich, chromatic

• Renoir Luncheon of the Boating Party
• 1881