The eye is immediately drawn to the beautiful color reproductions of the 50 paintings chosen for inclusion in this work, one of several in a series from Prestel. Independent scholar Engelmann offers a nice introduction to the Impressionist movement and its artists (it is translated from German by Robert McInnes). The volume covers the years 1863-1906, and each painting gets two pages: one with commentary on the times, the subject matter, the painting, and the artist; and the other with a reproduction of the painting. Short biographies of the 18 artists represented, along with artist photographs and short bibliographies, are included. Some questions do arise, such as how these 50 paintings were chosen as the movement's "most important works." One also wonders about the rationale for the years chosen for the movement, and the key for the symbols used in the notes running across the page tops (unclear is whether an asterisk means the person listed was born that year). An introduction to the book itself, rather than just the movement, would have been very helpful, as would an index and glossary for this "reference guide." Still, the volume offers a nice, general introduction to Impressionism. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates; general readers. General Readers; Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates. Reviewed by J. M. Fraas. From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Introduction	7
50 Paintings You Should Know	27
1 Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
2 Women in a Garden
3 The Terrace at Sainte-Adresse
4 The Balcony
5 La Grenouillere
6 Woman Ironing
7 Race Horses at Longchamps
8 The Dancing Class
9 The Bridge at Villeneuve-La-Garenne
10 Impression, Sunrise
11 Poppy Field Near Argenteuil
12 Boating
13 The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil
14 A Herd of Cows in Valhermeil, Auvers-Sur-Oise
15 The Theatre Box
16 Woman at Her Toilette
17 Absinth
18 Nude in the Sunlight
19 Dance at the Moulin de la Galette
20 Nana
21 Paris Street, Rainy Day
22 Saint-Lazare Train Station
23 Madame Charpentier with Her Children
24 Rue Saint-Denis on 30 June 1878
25 In the Winter Garden
26 Young Woman Seated on a Sofa
27 The Cup of Tea
28 The Rowers' Breakfast
29 Sunflowers
30 Dance in the Country/Dance in the City
31 Bar in the Folies-Bergere
32 Beer Garden in Munich
33 A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
34 The Bay of Marseilles
35 The Manneporte
36 Breton Peasant Women
37 Cafe Terrace at Night
38 Hortense Fiquet in a Red Dress
39 Cypresses
40 A Young Girl with Daisies
41 Still-Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
42 Rouen Cathedral
43 The Sofa
44 Boulevard Montmartre, Winter Morning
45 Bridge Over a Pool of Water Lilies
46 The Papal Palace in Avignon
47 The Man with the Parrots
48 The White D'Andrade
49 The Houses of Parliament
50 After the Bath
Biographies	128

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