Renoir: Rococo RevivalMore than any other Impressionist, Pierre Auguste Renoir defined the treatment of the human figure for his generation, while also portraying the emergent Parisian bourgeois way of life. In this volume, Renoirs painting After the Luncheon, which depicts three bourgeois figures enjoying tea, liquor and cigarettes after a meal in a restaurant, serves as the jumping off point for a far reaching examination of an important source of inspiration for the