What is Reddit's opinion of The Banquet Years: The Origins of the Avant-Garde in France - 1885 to World War I?

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Well, you've prompted a purchase! I was recommended that book a few years ago but had forgotten it entirely, so many thanks! The closest I have read, I think, is this.

As a tl;dr where does your recommendation place Lautrec? I'd just like to be reasonably confident it addresses the topic before I purchase it ;)

*1. Artists love quoting esoteric histories. You can become acquainted by reading and seeing. 1 -- the lineage of Occidental 'Art History' largely returns to France.

*2. Contemporary Art is narcissistic. We artists love ourselves on our own terms (contemporaries often appropriate appropriations).

*3. Individual Artists want your soul. Art Critics want your soul. The Art Market wants money. There is no, "the message." Only insanely intelligent individuals desiring to formulate or foment your perspective on a particular because they actually believe so. Always make up your own mind, even if contrary to an 'established' history or intellectual superior. Keep an open mind but know your tastes.

*4. Try reading 'established' critics to acquaint yourself with the lingua franca (established language) of the Art World. Artists/critics love complicating otherwise simple thoughts to accentuate nuance. And it's often necessary in the field of 'making things'... Saltz Obrist Smee MH Miller Greg Allen -- Twitter is a great resource.

*5. Incomplete simplified potential process for understanding: Look --> Feeling/knowing --> Material Considerations --> Historical Relation (year made?) --> Artist Text --> Second Look --> re-reading or finding Critical Analysis (posthumous) --> remembering --> Overall Feeling

*6. Be yourself. The Art World needs you!

Edits: I am terrible at formatting, apologies.