Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists
Title | Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Baudelaire |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1981-06-11 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780521282871 |
Spine title: Writings on art & artists Includes bibliographical references.
Selected Writings on Art and Artists [of] Baudelaire
Title | Selected Writings on Art and Artists [of] Baudelaire PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Baudelaire |
Publisher | Penguin Group |
Pages | 472 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Translated articles illustrating the development of Baudelaire's critical ideas.
Selected Writings on Art and Literature
Title | Selected Writings on Art and Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Baudelaire |
Publisher | Penguin Classics |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Art |
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Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.
Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists
Title | Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Artists PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Baudelaire |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 464 |
Release | 1981-06-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521282871 |
Before publishing Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857, Baudelaire was probably better known to his contemporaries as a critic than as a poet, and the articles translated here by P. E. Charvet illustrate the development of Baudelaire's critical ideas. The essays cover the visual, literary, and musical arts. From the early 'Salon' of 1846 Baudelaire's commitment to the cause of Delcroix was passionate and unswerving and it remains a theme of a number of these pieces. Baudelaire's literary criticism is represented by, amongst others, the two important articles on Poe, the spirited defence of Madame Bovary published shortly after Flaubert had been acquitted on a charge of offending public morality and the long article on Gautier, to whom Baudelaire dedicated Les Fleurs du Mal. The musician whom Baudelaire admired above all others was Wagner, and the article on Tannhäuser published at the time of the Paris production in 1861 shows his percipience as a critic: with no technical knowledge of music, Baudelaire nevertheless demonstrates an instinctive awareness of the magical power of suggestion in Wagner's music.
The Salon of 1846
Title | The Salon of 1846 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Baudelaire |
Publisher | David Zwirner Books |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2021-04-27 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781644230534 |
In his introduction to Charles Baudelaire’s Salon of 1846, the renowned art historian Michael Fried presents a new take on the French poet and critic’s ideas on art, criticism, romanticism, and the paintings of Delacroix. Charles Baudelaire, considered a father of modern poetry, wrote some of the most daring and influential prose of the nineteenth century. Prior to publishing international bestseller Les Fleurs du mal (1857), he was already notable as a forthright and witty critic of art and literature. Captivated by the Salons in Paris, Baudelaire took to writing to express his theories on modern art and art philosophy. The Salon of 1846 expands upon the tenets of Romanticism as Baudelaire methodically takes his reader through paintings by Delecroix and Ingres, illuminating his belief that the pursuit of the ideal must be paramount in artistic expression. Here we also see Baudelaire caught in a fundamental struggle with the urban commodity of capitalism developing in Paris at that time. Baudelaire’s text proves to be a useful lens for understanding art criticism in mid-nineteenth-century France, as well as the changing opinions regarding the essential nature of Romanticism and the artist as creative genius. Acclaimed art historian and art critic Michael Fried’s introduction offers a new reading of Baudelaire’s seminal text and highlights the importance of his writing and its relevance to today’s audience.
The Lure and the Truth of Painting
Title | The Lure and the Truth of Painting PDF eBook |
Author | Yves Bonnefoy |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1995-11 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780226064444 |
Always fascinated in his poetry by the nature of color and light and the power of the image, Bonnefoy continues to pursue these themes in his discussion of the lure and truth of representation. He sees the painter as a poet whose language is visual, and he seeks to find out what visual artists can teach those who work with words.
The Writer of Modern Life
Title | The Writer of Modern Life PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Benjamin |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780674022874 |
"In this book Benjamin reveals Baudelaire as a social poet of the very first rank. More than a series of studies of Baudelaire, these essays show the extent to which Benjamin identifies with the poet and enable him to explore his own notion of heroism."--BOOK JACKET.