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The Painter of Modern Life
Present-day beauty: the ephemeral, the fugitive, the contingent

The Painter of Modern Life, Impressionism

The Painter of Modern Life is an Impressionist Manifesto written by Charles Baudelaire in 1863. It's in the Public Domain, and tagged Art Theory.

Chapters

Beauty, Fashion & Happiness The Sketch of Manners The Artist, man of the World Modernity Mnemonic Art The Annals of War Pomps and Circumstances The Military Man The Dandy Woman In Praise of Cosmetics Women and Prostitutes Carriages

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Impressionism, Industrial Revolution

Impressionism

Light and movement as the crux of human perception

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