The Painter of Modern Life: Charles-Pierre Baudelaire (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141192763 ISBN 13: 9780141192765

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2010

Synopsis

Poet, aesthete and hedonist, Baudelaire was also one of the most groundbreaking art critics of his time. Here he explores beauty, fashion, dandyism, the purpose of art and the role of the artist, and describes the painter who, for him, expresses most fully the drama of modern life.

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About this title

About the Author:

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821 and wrote a series of groundbreaking works on modern culture. His collection of poetry Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) was prosecuted for indecency.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141192763
• ISBN 13: 9780141192765
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 128