Realism: An art movement where artists aim to depict subjects as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation.
Impressionism: A 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin yet visible brush strokes emphasizing accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities.
Modernism: A philosophical movement that arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It includes a series of reforming movements in art, architecture, literature, music and applied arts.