... they see the world. With the word "impression" the painters would catch the moment of the scene in the way they saw it, and used the pencil-brushes to make the movements of nature more effective by showing light effects. When Impressionism was used in paintings, it was known that the painting was better viewed from a distance than from near sight, thus the painting would express its realism and it would look more photogenic. This was especially for Monet's paintings since he used great blobs of paint to accent and object. There was no specific leader of Impressionism, but Edouard Manet and Claude Monet were the ones who painted the most in that technique. But later in that period, Claude Monet did inspire more and more painters with his uncommon talent in art, and was soon called the King of Impressionism. Monet used the term "Impressionism" in one of his ...

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