Name: Curiosites Esthetiques (1868) (in French)
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Author: Baudelaire, Charles
ISBN: 9781164616108

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Curiosites Esthetiques (1868) (in French)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Language

French

Pages

448

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9781164616108

Synopsis "Curiosites Esthetiques (1868) (in French)"

Curiosit��s Esth��tiques est un recueil d'essais ��crit par le po��te fran��ais Charles Baudelaire en 1868. Ce livre explore les th��mes de l'art, de la beaut�� et de l'esth��tique �� travers une s��rie d'essais critiques. Baudelaire y aborde des sujets tels que la peinture, la sculpture, la musique, la litt��rature et la mode, en analysant les ��uvres d'artistes tels que Delacroix, Wagner et Poe. Il explore ��galement des th��mes plus g��n��raux tels que l'id��e de la modernit�� et de la laideur dans l'art. Curiosit��s Esth��tiques est consid��r�� comme l'un des textes cl��s de la th��orie de l'art moderne et a eu une influence consid��rable sur les mouvements artistiques du XXe si��cle.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Charles Baudelaire

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(Paris, 1821-1867) He is among the most influential poets of the 19th century, and probably also of the entire history of world literature. Expelled from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand despite obtaining the title of Superior Bachelor, in 1940 he enrolled in the faculty of law. He then began to frequent the Latin Quarter, where he met Gérard de Nerval, Sainte-Beuve, and Balzac, plunging uncontrollably into the world of smoke, opium, and prostitution of the Parisian bohemia. Due to his impious behavior, his family sent him to the South Seas. Upon his return, however, Baudelaire would translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into French and carry out his most famous works: from the scandalous poetry collection The Flowers of Evil (1857) to the texts of Artificial Paradises (1960) and the posthumous Paris Spleen (1869). Harshly criticized and vilified in life for the scandalous nature of his work and behavior, Baudelaire died syphilitic and impoverished, unaware of the invaluable legacy he had bequeathed to posterity. Champion of symbolism, standard-bearer of romanticism, and precursor of decadentism, his body lies buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery.

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