CONTENTS

[AUTHOR'S NOTE ]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

[NOTE TO LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

[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]