Oystein Sjastad is associate professor of art history in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. He is the author of Christian Krohg: Fra Paris til Kristiania and A Theory of the Tache in Nineteenth-Century Painting.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Christian Krohg, the Radical Naturalist
2. Naturalism, the Dark Side of Realism
3. The Heroism of the Scientist
4. Hippolyte Taine and the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia
5. Christian Krohg in Skagen: Painting according to Taine
6. Naturalism and the Beholder: Sympathy and Theatricality
7. Naturalist Paragone: Literature and Painting
8. Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting Room: Panopticon, Spectacle, Speculum
9. Modern Pessimism: From Naturalism to Symbolism
Epilogue: Naturalism Is Dead, Long Live Naturalism!

Øystein Sjåstad is associate professor of art history at the University of Oslo. He is author of Christian Krohg: Fra Paris til Kristiania and A Theory of theTache in Nineteenth-Century Painting.