Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Author’s Note-Prologue

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4-Epilogue

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Index of Terms

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Essay Topics

Using evidence from the text, compare and contrast Ernest Meissonier’s Ruins of the Tuileries Palace with Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise. How do these paintings reflect different political and artistic responses to the Terrible Year?

How did Berthe Morisot grow as an artist over the course of the 1860s and 1870s? How does Smee use her experiences to explore some of the gender roles and gender dynamics at play in the Parisian art world?

How did class impact Berthe and Édouard’s political tendencies and beliefs? How did it impact their artwork?