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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.

Authors: Charles Baudelaire, Jonathan Mayne

Format: Paperback

Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9781967751150

Publication date: 20260215