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P.118 -- Chapter Five

The Relationship of Manet and Degas to the Impressionists

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Vague or specialised definitions of Impressionism have been 
attempted in order to include boht Edouard Manet and Edgar
Degas] within the movement. It is true that these two artists 
were concerned, like Monet and his friends, with 
the passing moment, with the concrete and particularised 
actuality of life around them rather than with the archaic
and smooth generalities of Salon painting. But their
relationships witht he Impressionist painters were 
complicated and changeable. They were separated from the *** HOW/WHY ***
Impressionists by artistics aims, social class, 
education and, perhaps above all, by their age.
Sometimes Manet and Degas seem like the more sophisticated
and articulate older brothers of Impressionism, often
helpful, occasionally scornful, but not too proud to 
learn a trick or two from their juniors.

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Born in 1832, Manet was older than Renoir and Monet by
eight and nine years, resepectively, whereas only two 
years separated him from Degas, who was born in 1834.
As Parisians from 'good' families, Manet and Degas had
far more early opportunities than Monet and his group
for contacts with writers and musicians. This helped to


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