Foreword / Timothy Potts and James Rondeau -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Introduction: beauty, fashion, and happiness / Scott Allan, Emily A. Beeny, and Gloria Groom -- Chronology -- Faux frere: Manet and the Salon, 1879-1882 / Scott Allan -- "The type of an era": Manet and the Parisienne / Helen Burnham -- All the world's a stage: Manet's images of model-actresses / Leah Lehmbeck -- Foregrounding Manet's backgrounds / Gloria Groom -- Manet and the eighteenth century / Emily A. Beeny -- Manet's little nothings / Carol Armstrong -- Manet's fleurs du mal / Bridget Alsdorf -- The making of a Parisienne: Manet's methods and materials / Devi Ormond and Catherine Schmidt Patterson with Douglas MacLennan and Nathan Daly -- Edouard Manet: a selection of letters, 1878-1883 / Samuel Rodary -- Plates -- References cited -- Exhibitions cited -- Contributors -- Illustration credits -- Index.