The Blurred Lines of Impressionism. The hazy scene of Impression, strayed from traditional landscape painting and classic, idealized beauty. The artist meant to express "other beliefs about artistic quality which might be tied to the ideologies being consolidated by the emergent bourgeoisie from which he came. "Loose brush strokes meant to suggest the scene rather than to mimetically represent it demonstrate the emergent Impressionist movement. In the wake of an emergent industrialization in France, this style expressed innovative individuality. Impressionism is taking the visual interpretation, or impression, of a specific moment in time. In art, this is done by emphasizing light, color, and shadow. Instead of painting clear lines, the artist uses blurry brush strokes to blend colors, giving us the feeling of walking through a tunnel of trees, rather than clearly painting a realistic image. He paints an impression and leaves the interpretation up to us.