Catalogue of an exhibition of 83 works from the Louvre, the Musée ď Orsay, and 43 other museums throughout France. Consists of photographs of paintings by a wide range of artists, including Renoir, Manet, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibition concentrates on images of the emergence of the modern woman. This evolution of women's roles is grouped by five themes ranging from domestic duties and intellectual pursuits, from recreation to rural labor.