by Charles Baudelaire
The Flowers of Evil (first edition)with author's notes, 1857
The Flowers of Evil - cover illustrationby Felicien Rops, 1866
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"I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy"
Charles Baudelaire
by Félix Nadar
Baudelaire et la Président Sabatier by Thomas Couture, c.1850
Apollonie Sabatier by Vincent Vidal
Femme piquée par un serpent (woman bitten by a snake)by Auguste Clésinger, 1847 (model: Apollonie Sabatier)
what a nice coincedence, I began reading this book a few days ago, I usually read a few poems before I go to sleep.
ReplyDeleteAnd ever since I began reading it, I've been having the most eccentric dreams ever, it's a great source of artistic inspiration though.
You have such an interesting blog by the way
..Hello, I'm surfing in the internet and came across your blog. I'm quite impressed , with how it makes such good reading.
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