Introduction: Realist and Visionary -- 1. The Desperate Man: Identity Crisis in Bohemian Paris -- 2. Gutter Art: The Stonebreakers and Political Upheaval -- 3. Down-to-Earth Death: Realism Defined by A Burial at Ornans -- 4. Mirrors of the People: Realist Series and Meeting Independence -- 5. Autobiography and Social Vision: World Prophecy from the Studio -- 6. Realism as Language and Attitude: A Manifesto and its Contexts -- 7. Manhood and Women: Models and Mistresses, Prostitutes and Wives -- 8. Truth to Nature and to Home: The Outdoors and its Consumers -- 9. Courbet Non Grata: The Vendome Column, Prison and Exile -- 10. The Example of Courbet: Courbetism's Legacy and the Avant-Garde.
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