I am currently gathering information and resources while narrowing my thesis statement. My topic of study involves prostitution in French impressionism.

I have gathered the following sources:
*Clayson hollis: Painted Love: Prostitution and French Art of the Impressionist Era
*Charles Berhiemer: Figures of Il Repute: Representing Prostitution in Ninteenth-Century France
*Katie Hickman: Courtasans: Money Sex and Fame in the 19th Century
*Robert L. Herbert : Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society

I also bought my plane ticket- I'll be in France on the 4th of Febuary, which will either greatly enhance my research or just make it a lot more difficult. We shall see!