1834-1917

When she meets the famous Australian astronomer John Tebbutt, Alicia realizes that she is no longer doomed to a life of needlework and milking cows but that her future is as limitless as the stars.

Three little kittens create a sensation when they join dancers onstage of a Parisian theater known for its ballet and for the artist who paints there.

Because Marie helps her poor parents by modeling for an ill-tempered artist, she becomes a famous ballerina but not in the way she had dreamed.

Presents an introduction to French Impressionism, focusing on five artists, including Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Morisot, with excerpts from their letters and diaries, as well as critical interpretations of their lives and work.

A biographical and critical study of nineteenth-century French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, with over three hundred illustrations, including 121 color plates.

Explores the later art and career of nineteenth-century French artist Edgar Degas, beginning in the 1880s when, at the age of fifty-one, he changed the style and focus of his work. Includes color reproductions of Degas's pastels, sketches, and sculptures.