A close ally of Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot and Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt was the only American painter at the heart of the Impressionist group in Paris. Highly respected on both sides of the Atlantic, Cassatt was a forthright advocate for women's intellectual, creative and political emancipation. She brought her discerning gaze and compositional inventiveness across many media to the subtle social interactions of women in public and private spaces, such as at the theatre, and in moments of intimacy with children, where she was one of the most attentive and unsentimental analysts of the infant body and the child's emerging personality.

Tracing key moments in Cassatt's long career, art historian Griselda Pollock highlights Cassatt's extensive artistic training across Europe, analysing her profound study of Old Masters while revealing her intelligent understanding of both Manet and Courbet. Pollock also provides close readings of Cassatt's paintings and her singular vision of women in modernity. Now revised with a new preface, updates to the bibliography and colour illustrations throughout, this book offers a rich perspective on the core concerns of a major Impressionist artist through the frames of class, gender, space and difference.

作为卡米尔·毕沙罗（Camille Pissarro）、贝尔特·莫里索（Berthe Morisot）和埃德加·德加（Edgar Degas）的亲密盟友，玛丽·卡萨特（Mary Cassatt）是巴黎印象派核心团体中**的美国画家。卡萨特在大西洋两岸都备受尊敬，她直言不讳地倡导女性的思想、创造力和政治解放。她带着她敏锐的目光和构图创造力，跨越多种媒体，探索女性在公共和私人空间的微妙社会互动，例如在剧院里，在与孩子亲密接触的时刻，她专注冷静地分析着婴儿的身体和孩子逐渐显现的个性。

追溯卡萨特漫长职业生涯中的关键时刻，艺术史学家格里塞达·波洛克（Griselda Pollock）强调了卡萨特在欧洲的广泛艺术培训，分析了她对古代大师的深刻研究，同时揭示了她对马奈和库尔贝的明智理解。波洛克还仔细解读了卡萨特的绘画和她对现代女性的独特看法。本书是修订版，增加了新的序言，更新了书目，并通篇配有彩色插图，通过阶级、性别、空间和差异的框架，为一位主要印象派艺术家的核心关切提供了丰富的视角。