Charles Baudelaire Research Paper

During the nineteenth century, Paris further developed into the entertainment capital of the world. Alistair Horne, the author of the Seven Ages of Paris, vividly illustrates several historical moments that occurred in Paris. Through the horrors and triumphs, Paris was able to endure through it all for ages and still emerge greater than before. In comparison, Vanessa R. Schwartz, the author of Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-siècle, demonstrates how the explosive popularity of the boulevard, the newspapers, wax museums, panoramas, and early cinema led to the creation of a new culture in Paris. Driven by consumerism, a cultural revolution was happening, who’s new culture transcended gender and class divisions. Both authors

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When I first heard the name Charles Baudelaire a few weeks ago, I just thought of him as another historical author that we had to learn about in an English class. Little did I know, how his work would affect me in the next weeks. Baudelaire coined the term modernity which was a period of ongoing change and transition to urban and industrial life. As a person who believes technology is destroying communication skills, it was interesting to see how Baudelaire faced the same troubles through urbanization instead of technology. A piece of Baudelaire’s piece that stood out to me was The Eyes of the Poor in his famous work called Paris Spleen. Baudelaire used the word ‘spleen’ in his work to show a sense of disgust with everything.

Arthistoryarchive.com (2007) Haussmann's Architectural Paris - Architecture in the Era of Napoleon III - The Art History Archive. [online] Available at: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/architec

As Pablo Picasso once said, “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” Picasso’s passion for art started at a young age, getting his passion for art from his father. Pablo Picasso is known for the innovative techniques he introduced to the art world. Each being influenced from his life around him, to modifications in the colors he utilized, or transitioning to an unorthodox style of painting, and even practicing printmaking.

In late 19th century Paris, cafés-concerts (best described as “glorified beer halls” (Clark 206)) were a very popular destination for the people of Paris. Cafés-concerts became an integral part of Parisian social life, as they were visited by hundreds of people each night, regardless of class. A bar at the Folies Bergère became the topic of Edouard Manet’s last painting, as Manet tried to portray the new, “modern” Paris, and the introduction of mass production during this time. A Marxist art historian, T.J. Clark finds this particular painting important because it revealed a lot about the new, modern Paris, and Manet’s intentions with the painting. Clark focuses more on the emergence of the new social class during this time, and how this affected the role of women in Paris. The painting, A bar at Folies Bergère, has historical significance because of how it depicts modernity in the context of the emergence of a new social class (the petite bourgeoisie), the introduction of mass production, and the changing role of women.

The NCCU School of Business Summer Youth Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will help me meet my future academic and career goals because it will better prepare me to be successful throughout my life. My most important future academic goal is to be accepted into an Ivy League school, Cornell University. Here I will receive both my Bachelors and Masters degree. My most important career goal is to start my own architectural firm. Starting my own architectural firm requires me to learn how to become my own business owner. I believe NCCU will better prepare me to be successful, and meet my future goals.

Visual opulence, creativity, inimitable vision, and a style that is highly influential are the many characteristics of an admired movement in art history, that being of the Post-Impressionism movement (1875-1892). This movement, which was a by-product of the Impressionism movement, is the bridging gap between the two movements known as Realism and Expressionism. Post-Impressionism takes on some of the stylistic characteristics of these movements; however, it does not contain the all too glossy visuals of Realism or the heavily fantastic visuals of Expressionism, rather it is the intermediary of these two poles. My paper will discuss why this link was absolutely essential to the history of art movements, and I will be specifically using the

“Architecture or Revolution?” in Le Corbusier’s belief was the only way to avoid class-based revolution in industrialized architecture (Quirk, 2012). Le Corbusier, born Charles Édouard Jeanneret, was born into an artistic family in 1877 in a small village in Switzerland. His mother was a pianist and his father was a designer of watch dials. Even though he learned piano and father’s trade he got interested in the architecture when he was 13 years old. He learned from L’Eplatenier, a teacher in La Chaaux-de-Fund. His teacher opened his eyes and led him to the direct observation of life. He was an instinctive genius by turning older building designs into newer more modern designs. Le Corbusier is one of the most significant architecture’s of the 20th century, and one who led architecture to the modern era.

. In the section of her article called The Painter of Modern Life, Pollock uses an essay written by Charles Baudelaire during this time period, to explain how women were viewed in 19th century Paris (Pollock, 254). In this essay Baudelaire follows the travel of an artist through the streets of Paris. She uses this essay for two key reasons, first of all it shows how a man in Paris had access to different places of public life that women were not entitled to go and

During the generation artist have always evolved and practiced the art of portraiture coming from different times in history and also interpreting their cultural experience into their art works, artist Pablo Picasso and Frida Kahlo both reconnoitering portraiture as a way of creating their type of art, Frida Kahlo was born in Magdalena Carmen on the 6th of July 1906 one of Mexico’s finest artist in her times, also suffering a serious injury from a bus accident in 1932 Frida Kahlo started to incorporate surrealism in her artwork having a deeply personally creation about her miscarriage, Pablo Picasso born in 1801 in Malaga, Spain, Pablo

Born in the town of Strasbourg in the Alsace province East of France to parents of education and means, Paul Gustave Dore happened upon a lucrative business that made him the bane of Parisian art critics but the most sought after illustrator in England and The United States. His father was a civil engineer and he was the second of three male siblings. His father hoped to break him of his wild imaginations and his propensity to put them to paper with pencil. While accompanying his father and older brother in Paris, Gustave discovered the allure of Paris and made known his intention to remain and pursue his career as an artist (Hubbard 5-8). His work is generally considered as Romanticism and he has been labeled one of the

In Charles Baudelaire Les Fleurs du Mal, the condition of modern mankind is explored with both condemnation and celebration. Baudelaire expresses emerging emotional states, flawed fascinations, and new forms of beauty that he finds himself surrounded by. These themes are all centered around the common thread of modernity. He focuses only on things that are unique to the present. The beauty of modernity is the only beauty worthwhile to Baudelaire, despite the mainstream effort to silence modern movements with more traditionalist values. Modernity is a focus and beauty that constantly changes, it is enjoyed in fleeting moments, intolerant to nostalgic dwelling. One emerging modern state of mind in particular catches the attention of Baudelaire.

At the start of the 19th century, Napoleon was defeated along with his militaristic agenda, and Europe now entered many new phases of social reform. Industrialization had slowly provided much of Europe a new means of production and architecture. Artwork during this era reflected the new technology in paintings often depicting men, women, and even children working in factories. In an engraving

Paris today is known as a center of arts and rich culture both acclaimed and original. Famous moments pop up through the history of France’s art, such as the impressionistic artworks by Monet, the École des Beaux-Arts teachings of classicism, and the iconic Eiffel Tower by Stephen Sauvestre. Paris augments itself with numerous museums to catalog countless masterpieces and sculptures throughout France’s enduring, yet sometimes gritty, history. As a whole, Paris comprises of a mixture between historic architectural themes like rusticated brick clad, mansard roofs, striated columns, and a modern day architectural themes like engineered metalwork, and external program support machinery. The notion of classic French architecture, juxtaposed