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MacNamidhe, Margaret. "Impression: Painting Quickly in France 1860-1890 (review)." Nineteenth Century French Studies 31.3-4 (2003), 352-354. This article by Margret MacNamidhe reviews the style of Impression paintings. In particular, they look at the quickness of the brush and analyize it. For example, the author commented how painstakingly it took Monet to get the right atmospheric shades without blending the wrong colors together. She continued to explain how, through the ages of Monet's paintings, he developed this particular technique and one could notice with the crusting up of the paint in later works.

Vallois, Thirza. "From Art Nouveau to Art Déco." France Today 22.7 (2007): 12-14. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article explains Art Deco's predecessor, Art Noueau, from its start in Paris. The article details founder, Hector Guimard's signature style and trademark furniture pieces. The article details how Art Noueau's look quickly began to take over the city through street signs and restaurant. The article continues to mention how Art Deco and Art Noueau are identified differently. The pictures for the article show the similarities and differences between the two styles. The article helps to explain the roots and how Art Deco has grown from them.

Vallois, Thirza. "From Art Nouveau to Art Déco." France Today 22.7 (2007): 12-14. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article explains Art Deco's predecessor, Art Noueau, from its start in Paris. The article details founder, Hector Guimard's signature style and trademark furniture pieces. The article details how Art Noueau's look quickly began to take over the city through street signs and restaurant. The article continues to mention how Art Deco and Art Noueau are identified differently. The pictures for the article show the similarities and differences between the two styles. The article helps to explain the roots and how Art Deco has grown from them.

Ve Poljanski, Branko. "Dialogue Marinetti - Poljanski." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 3-5. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. In English traslation of a conversation between Marinetti, the founder of futurism, and Poljanski, i leaded in Zenitistm in France. The two men respect each other but the converstion does get tense at one moment and then they talk things out. Things end well.

Martin, R. Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece that Changed the World. New York: Dutton, 2002. Print. Martin's book describes Adolf Hitler's target practice on the Basque village of Guernica in 1937. This attack sparked Picasso into depicting the terrible event; the painting is known as Guernica. Although Picasso was living in Paris, France at the time of the attack he felt an obligation to depicting the terror that Hitler unleashed on his beloved homeland. The themes, events and individual scenes are discussed throughout the book.

Davis, Mary. "Chanel, Stravinsky, and Musical Chic." Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 10.4 (2006): 431-460. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010.

This article is about how Chanel change the fashion world. How she went to the streets of France to get the inpiration for her designs. The simple style was the new Chic after the war. Being comfortable took precedence over the elegance of an outfit. The article also is about how her style changed otherr aspects of modern art in the 1900s.

Krick, Jessa. "Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) and the House of Chanel". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.
This article rather than being a biography about her life this is mainly about the revolution of her clothing line. How she first got started and her early successes. Then it goes on to describe how she became the style icon of of her time. Also it outlines how she had to close the doors to her store when France went into World War II. Then it talks about how she made her come back after the war was over. The last part of the article talks about how even through her her death her legened as a designer lives on.

Brettell, Richard R. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890. Williamstown, MA: Yale University Press, 2000. Print. This book holds a lot of information about the Impressionist Movement. The introduction defines what an "impression" is and how it came to name one of the most know art movements. It then goes on to give a brief history about the movement as a whole. After that, each chapter recognizes a famous impressionist painter, like Monet. The chapter about Monet goes into detail about his paintings and how he helped develope the Impressionists.

Plagens, Peter. "Picasso: No.1 With a Palette." Newsweek 150.19 (2007): 60-61. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This is a pretty in-depth article of Picasso's life in France. It also discusses the irregularity of Picasso's long career. The result of his artwork is influenced by his length of career. The article also discusses Picasso's fame. The best part of this article is the details about his personal life.

Kagan, Dick. "Deco Mania." Art & Antiques 28.11 (2005): 58-63. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article focuses on vintage Art Deco today. The main focus is on the furniture designed in France between 1910 and 1939. These pieces were wonderfully made out of unique and rare materials, which makes then extremely valuable and therefore very expensive. Opinions from both buyers and sellers of these French antiques are included. This article is helpful in understanding that Art Deco is still a style that people would pay for today.