Sara Pappas is an associate professor of French and visual culture at the University of Richmond.

Analysing the works of literary naturalists writing about art, this book argues for the importance of disorder in the French art world in the nineteenth century.

List of Illustrations
Note on Translations and Previously Published Material
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Naturalism, Eclecticism, and Organizing the Nineteenth Century

1. At the Museum

2. Clutter

3. Composites

4. Patchwork

5. Back to the Museum

6. Rethinking Academicism and Periodicity

Notes
Bibliography
Index