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In Praise of Cosmetics

In Praise of Cosmetics

Paperback

Series: Eris Gems, Book 1

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismFilm & Video Art

ISBN10: 1967751153
ISBN13: 9781967751150
Publisher: Eris
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 12
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.40 Width: 4.40 Depth: 7.70
Language: English

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.

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