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In Praise of Cosmetics

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by Charles Baudelaire
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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles Baudelaire, Jonathan Mayne (Translator)Series:Eris Gems #1Publish date:11/18/2025Pages:12
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781967751150ISBN-10:1967751153UPC:9781967751150Book Category:Philosophy, Art, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Language, Film & Video, EuropeanBook Topic:ItalianSize:7.70 x 4.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.0992Product ID:SCDE7VPCAX

"Everything beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation."

Nature, Baudelaire says, is ugly--and art is what saves us from it. This wicked, brilliant fragment defends makeup not as deception but as devotion: a ritual rebellion against decay, chance, and animal life. To paint the face is to reject nature's chaos and choose artifice--freely, proudly, and exquisitely.
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781967751150ISBN-10:1967751153UPC:9781967751150Book Category:Philosophy, Art, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Language, Film & Video, EuropeanBook Topic:ItalianSize:7.70 x 4.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.0992Product ID:SCDE7VPCAX
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was a poet, critic, and provocateur who dragged beauty into the modern age. His masterpiece, The Flowers of Evil, scandalized Paris and reshaped poetry with its fusion of decadence, despair, and ecstasy.
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Charles Baudelaire, Jonathan Mayne (Translator)

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