Acknowledgments Editor's Note Introduction 1: Before Formalism 2: Forming Formalism: The Post-Impressionist Exhibitions 3: Refining and Defining: The Post-Impressionist Era 4: Architecture and the Decorative Arts 5: Art and Its Institutions: Exhibition and Education 6: Literature and the Performing Arts 7: Revision and Design: The Later Essays Conclusion: Needed Words Illustration Summary Index