This is a large-format poster book of Impressionist painting. Works by Manet, Sisley, Pissaro, Cassatt, and Cezanne are reproduced. An introductory text - illustrated by self-portraits of the artists - delineates the character and the history of the Impressionist movement, placing it in the context of 19th-century attitudes about nature and against the background of the Industrial Revolution. Each picture is analyzed in a commentary, which also provides biographical material about the artist.