Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-381) and index
Two retrospectives: Courbet in 1855 and Manet in 1867 -- A new manner in painting: Emile Zola on Manet -- Manette Salomon: another view of modern painting -- Reproducing originality: the Cadart portfolio -- Between Gautier's Spain and Baudelaire's modern life: Manet's show at Martinet's -- Mlle. V.-- in the costume of-- : painting and exhibiting Victorine between 1862 and 1868 -- Manet, Morisot and the Gonzalés affair: the salons of 1869, 1870 and 1873 -- Modernity according to Manet: impressionism at the salon, 1874 to 1879 -- Facturing femininity, fashioning the commodity: between Nana and la Vie moderne -- Finale: the Bar at the Folies-Bergŕe -- Afterword: to you, Edouard Manet