This book presents an illuminating insight into the French art scene in the last third of the nineteenth century, describes the rise of the new artistic movement on its way to becoming an international style, and introduces its most imporant artist personalities. Monet's landscapes, Manet's genre scenes, Degas' dancers, Renoir's portraits are presented along with the works of European and American artists who eagerly set about exploring the new paths suggested by the French Impressionists.
