Artist Bios and Definitions of Terms:

Edouard Manet: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/manet/)

Peirre-Auguste Renoir: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/renoir/)

Claude Monet: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/monet/)

Edgar Degas: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/)

Camille Pissarro: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pissarro/)

Berthe Morisot: (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pissarro/)

Naturalism: The faithful representation of nature or reality in literature, art, etc.

Salons: Galleries for showing works of art, especially annual exhibitions of living artists’ pictures in Paris.

Modernity: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernity)

Book Sources:

1. Janson, H.W. History of Art. New Jersey; Prentice-Hall Inc., 1974.
2. Gowing, L. Paintings in the Louvre. New York; Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc., 1987.
3. Seignobos, C. The Evolution of the French People. New York; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1932.
4. Higonnet, P. Paris Capital of the World. Cambridge; Harvard University Press, 2002.
5. Schapiro, M. Impressionism Reflections and Perceptions. New York; George Braziller, 1986.
6. Herbert, RL. Impressionism. Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society. New Haven; Yale University Press, 1988.
7. Rewald, J. The History of Impressionism. Simon & Schuster; New York, 1939.

Web Sources:

1. http://www.metmuseum.org/
2. http://www.louvre.fr/
3. http://www.guggenheim.org/
4. www.ibiblio.org/wm/paiont/theme/impressionnisme.html
5. www.artcyclopedia.com/history/impressionism.html