Impressionism

Impressionism is the term first used to describe visual art in the late 19th-century that emphasized the overall impression of a particular scene, usually outdoors, using primary colours and short brushstrokes to represent the appearance of reflected light. The desired result of impressionism was to capture the artist's perception of the subject rather than the subject itself. Artists of this movement desired to portray images as though someone might see something if they just caught a glimpse of it. So they might not look at the subject directly.

A characteristic of impressionism was accurately and objectively record visual reality. Playing with light and movement was at the core of their art. Exposure to light and/or movement was enough to create an artistic subject out of nothing. Impressionist paintings contain very bright, bold colours, and tend to have very little detail. Impressionism is basically the artist impression of what they see so therefore the way the look at the subject from a specific angle for example heavily affect the way the end product.