painting are quite unlike those in Manet's contemporary work [such as FIGURE Figure 43 Frederic Bazille. Summer 19]; his taches of color are more schematic and stylized, creating an evenness of Scene, 1869. Oil on can- weighting and emphasis that can more readily be seen in two-dimensional vas, 160 X 160.7 cm (63 X 63V4 in.). terms. Renoir's brushstrokes can be read as a more direct response to his Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard sensations—as a shorthand for his immediate visual experiences of the forms and University Art Museums, textures in front of him. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Meynier de Salinelles, Despite the constant variegation, the overall effect of La Promenade 1937.78. is one of unity. The composition is carefully framed. The tree trunk at bottom right and the twigs silhouetted against the woman's dress act as repoussoirs in the foreground, framing the scene and leading the eye into it, while the dark foliage behind her closes in the left background. Only the path on the right 65