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art, than in our own.
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE
I. THE PRECURSORS OF IMPRESSIONISM--THE
BEGINNING OF THIS MOVEMENT, THE
ORIGIN OF ITS NAME
II. THE THEORY OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS--THE
DIVISION OF TONES, COMPLEMENTARY COLOURS,
THE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE--THE IDEAS OF THE
IMPRESSIONISTS ON SUBJECT-PICTURES, ON
THE BEAUTY OF CHARACTER, ON MODERNITY,
AND ON STYLE
III. EDOUARD MANET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
IV. EDGAR DEGAS: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
V. CLAUDE MONET: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
VI. AUGUSTE RENOIR: HIS WORK, HIS INFLUENCE
VII. PISSARRO, SISLEY, CAILLEBOTTE,
CEZANNE, BERTHE MORISOT, MARY CASSATT;
THE SECONDARY ARTISTS OF
IMPRESSIONISM--JONGKIND, BOUDIN
VIII. THE MODERN ILLUSTRATORS CONNECTED WITH
IMPRESSIONISM: RAFFAELLI, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC,
FORAIN, CHERET, ETC.
IX. NEO-IMPRESSIONISM: GAUGUIN, DENIS,
THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE--THE THEORY OF
POINTILLISM--SEURAT, SIGNAC AND THE
THEORIES OF SCIENTIFIC CHROMATISM--FAULTS
AND QUALITIES OF THE
IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT, WHAT WE OWE
TO IT, ITS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
FRENCH SCHOOL--SOME WORDS ON ITS
INFLUENCE ABROAD
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
RENOIR. At the Piano (Frontispiece)
MANET. Rest
MANET. In the Square
MANET. Young Man in Costume of Majo
MANET. The Reader
DEGAS. The Dancer at the Photographer's
DEGAS. Carriages at the Races
DEGAS. The Greek Dance--Pastel
DEGAS. Waiting
CLAUDE MONET. The Pines
CLAUDE MONET. Church at Vernon
RENOIR. Portrait of Madame Maitre
MANET. The Dead Toreador
MANET. Olympia
MANET. The Woman with the Parrot
MANET. The Bar at the Folies Bergere
MANET. Dejeuner
MANET. Portrait of Madame M. L.
MANET. The Hothouse
DEGAS. The Beggar Woman
DEGAS. The Lesson in the Foyer
DEGAS. The Dancing Lesson--Pastel
DEGAS. The Dancers
DEGAS. Horses in the Meadows
CLAUDE MONET. An Interior after Dinner
CLAUDE MONET. The Harbour, Honfleur
CLAUDE MONET. The Church at Varengeville
CLAUDE MONET. Poplars on the Epte in Autumn
CLAUDE MONET. The Bridge at Argenteuil
RENOIR. Dejeuner
RENOIR. In the Box
RENOIR. Young Girl Promenading
RENOIR. Woman's Bust
RENOIR. Young Woman in Empire Costume
RENOIR. On the Terrace
PISSARRO. Rue de l'Epicerie, Rouen
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