FRENCH LANGUAGE Huysmans (1848-1907), who was rather fond of Frans Hals and Rembrandt until then, admitted how decisive Degas' discovery was during the Impressionist exhibition of 1876, the second of its kind. The "concussion" artist will enjoy a special status in the writer's art criticism, which immediately admits the possibility of a double modernity: that of the painters of modern life, and that of the dream explorers. However, his desire to escape the logic of the chapel will have harmed Huysmans, whose critical mass still suffers from a relative lack of knowledge. This book