Selected Writings on Art and Literature
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abstract art
aesthetics
art history
arts
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essays
film
history music
john ruskin
literary
modern art
modernists and mavericks
penguin modern
photography
roger scruton
the vanishing futurist
turner paintings
twentieth century harmony
walter benjamin
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- ISBN 9780140446067
- Weight: 342g
- Dimensions: 132 x 199mm
- Publication Date: 29 Oct 1992
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Before publishing the sensuous and scandalous poems of Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) had already earned respect as a forthright and witty critic of art and literature. This stimulating selection of criticism reveals him as a worshipper at the altar of beauty, illuminating his belief that the pursuit of this ideal must be paramount in artistic expression. Reviews of exhibitions discuss works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres in fascinating detail, and 'Of Virtuous Plays and Novels' sees Baudelaire as an avenging angel in defence of true art. Writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier evoke a profound understanding of fellow artists, while his single excursion into musical criticism, 'Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris', displays an incisive awareness of the magical power of suggestion in music.
