3. "Merely think, here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow, and paint it just as it looks to you." Claude Monet

5. Originated in the last quarter of the 19 th century as a reaction against traditional art and its strict rules A group of painters who became known as the Impressionists decided to gain independence from the standards prescribed by the French Academy of Fine Arts Impressionism covers approximately two decades, from the late 1860s through the 1880s. The term impressionist was first used by French art critic Louis Leroy in 1874 based on Monet's painting Impression, Sunrise. Leroy found the term fitting to describe the loose, undefined and "unfinished" style that Monet and several other artists applied to their paintings.

6. Scenes from everyday life Nature People (everyday, informal setting) Paris (fashion, modern) Still life (changing light)

7. Color (bright) Brushwork (quick & broken) Locale (outdoors) Composition (omitted detail & unusual angles)

9. Self Portrait

10. The Railroad

11. The Lemon

12. The Bar at Folies Bergère

13. Portrait of Emile Zola

14. The Balcony

15. On the Beach

16. Salmon

17. Still life with Melons and Peaches

18. Boating

19. Nana

20. Reading

22. Self Portrait

23. Basket of Apples

24. The Card Players

25. Still life with Kettle

26. Mt. Sainte Victoire

27. Normandy

28. Turning Road

29. Victoire

30. Mardi Gras

32. Self Portrait

33. Dancers

34. Ballet Dancers

35. Women Ironing

36. Jockey on a Horse

37. dsfsdf Seated Dancer

38. The Singer in Green

39. Singer with Glove

40. At the Races in the Country

41. Ballet Dancers

43. Self Portrait

44. Water Lillies

46. Haystack

47. Japanese Bridge

48. Madame Monet and Son

49. Sunflowers

50. Impression

52. Self Portrait

53. Dance at Baugival

54. Girls at Piano

55. Roses and Jasmine in a Delft Vase

56. The End of Lunch

57. A Girl with a Watering Can

58. Girl With a White Hat