Vague or specialized definitions of Impressionism have been attempted in order to include both Manet and Degas within the movement. These two artists were concerned, like Monet and his friends, with the passing moment, with the concrete and particularized actuality of life around them rather than with the arcaic and smooth generalities of Salon painting. But Degas and Manet were seperated from the Impressionists by artistic aims, social class, education, and age.
