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In Praise of Cosmetics
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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...
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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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Book Details
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 (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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