Issue 19/20 of "Yale French Studies : Contemporary Art," edited by Kenneth Douglas. Articles include: "Painting Today: Principles and Practitioners," by Bernard Dorival; "In Praise of Sculpture," by Michel Ragon; "A Paris Commentary: The Tough Trend," by Robert Herbert; "Notes on a New Trend: Multidimensional Animated Works," by Guy Habasque; "The Cigarbox of Napolean III," by Thomas B. Hess; "Painters and Sculptors of France Today," by Henri Peyre; "Constant Rey-Millet," by Etiemble; "Encounter with Germaine Richier," by Paul Guth; "Jean-Paul Riopelle," by Pierre Schneider; "The Buffet Enigma," by Kenneth Cornell; "Critism and the History of Painting in the Twentieth Century," by Pierre Francastel; and "The Nature of the Classical in Art," by Vincent J. Scully Jr. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout.