EDGAR DEGAS DANCING GIRL FASTENING HER SHOE DANCING GIRL CAFÉ SCENE ON THE BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE MARY CASSATT BABY’S TOILET (_in Colour_) BERTHE MORISOT LE LEVER EMILE CLAUS THE LAST RAYS (_in Colour_) THE VILLAGE STREET RETURNING FROM MARKET GOLDEN AUTUMN APPLE GATHERING A SUNLIT HOUSE THE QUAY AT VEERE THE BARRIER HENRI LE SIDANER AN ALLEY THE TABLE ALBERT BESNARD A STUDY THE DEATH BED DIDIER POUGET MORNING MISTS IN THE VALLEY OF THE CREUSE MORNING IN THE VALLEY OF THE CORRÈZE THE VALLEY OF THE CREUSE J. A. McN WHISTLER PORTRAIT OF HIS MOTHER PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE PRINCESS OF THE PORCELAIN COUNTRY ALEXANDER HARRISON IN ARCADY THE WAVE SEASCAPE CHILDE HASSAM SUNLIGHT ON THE LAKE CHILDREN POMONA MAX LIEBERMANN A COUNTRY BEER-HOUSE, BAVARIA THE COBBLERS ASYLUM FOR OLD MEN, AMSTERDAM WOMAN WITH GOATS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF PORTRAITS EDOUARD MANET GEORGES D’ESPAGNAT CLAUDE MONET CAMILLE PISSARRO AUGUSTE RENOIR ALFRED SISLEY J. F. RAFFAËLLI AUGUSTE POINTELIN MAXIME MAUFRA EMILE CLAUS ALEXANDER HARRISON ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: MODERN ITALY · J. M. W. TURNER ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER I · THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMPRESSIONISTIC IDEA “L’IMPRESSIONISME, ELLE EST DIGNE DE NOTRE ADMIRATIVE ATTENTION, ET NOUS POUVONS RATIONNELLEMENT CROIRE QUE, AUX YEUX DES GÉNÉRATIONS FUTURES, ELLE JUSTIFIERA CETTE FIN DE SIÈCLE DANS L’HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE L’ART” _GEORGES LECOMTE_ ALTHOUGH the great revolution of 1793 changed the whole face of France both politically and socially, it failed to emancipate the twin arts of painting and literature. In each case one tradition was succeeded by another, and nearly forty years elapsed before the new spirit completely broke through the barriers set up by a past generation.