Sheer Presence: The Veil in Manet's Paris |
Contents
PATHOLOGIZING THE SECOND EMPIRE CITY | 1 |
MAKING Up The Surface | 34 |
UNMASKING MANETS MORISOT OR VEILING SUBJECTIVITY | 62 |
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEIL | 94 |
EPILOGUE | 142 |
NOTES | 147 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 173 |
INDEX | 201 |
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