Introduction: A Spectacle of Modern Pleasures
The Names of Impressionism: Modernity and Form
The Artist as Subject: The Paris of Edouard Manet
Naturalism in Plein-air: Claude Monet’s Landscapes of Leisure
Places, People and Traditions: Bazille, Pissarro and Renoir
Choreography and Science: Performances by Edgar Degas
Feminine and Masculine: Morisot, Cassatt and Caillebotte
Opposition or Complicity? Impressionism and Political Power
Reassessment and Renewal: The Neo-Impressionist Critique
Commerce and Creativity: Series and Originals
Towards an Aftermath: Paul Cezanne’s Modernism
Other Media, Other Places: Legacies of Impressionism

Glossary
Brief Biographies
Key Dates
Map
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements