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In Praise of Cosmetics

By Charles Baudelaire
Series: ERIS gems
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"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... Read More
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This wicked, brilliant fragment defends makeup not as deception but as devotion: a ritual rebellion against decay, chance, and animal life.

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"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.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781967751150

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Contributors:

  • Translated by Jonathan Mayne

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 109.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 28g

Pages: 12

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Charles Baudelaire Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: ERIS gems Series: ERIS gems

About the Author

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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