“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy” A blog inspired by Charles Baudelaire. My other blog is All Things Finnish http://allthingsfinnish.tumblr.comTumblr (3.0; @hymntobeauty)http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b03349327cd99ab936f1f7e0d4dcb32/tumblr_mi2c1vr5g01s42uk2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blackpaint20.tumblr.com/post/42845842932/carlo-farneti-illustration-for-baudelaires-les">blackpaint20</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><span>Carlo Farneti, illustration for Baudelaire’s </span>Les Fleurs du Mal<span> (published 1935)</span></em></p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/51224234867http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/51224234867Fri, 24 May 2013 09:56:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5b709e4f4436e169d42c98b65d7777c1/tumblr_mn0yr43QPf1qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charles Baudelaire<br/><span class="notranslate">Alméry Lobel-Riche</span></p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/50781028391http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/50781028391Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:40 -0400Charles BaudelaireportraitAlméry Lobel-Riche<p><p class="texte2"> </p> <p class="texte2"><a name="TOMB"></a><strong><em>Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire</em></strong><br/> Stéphane Mallarmé</p> <p class="texte2">Le temple enseveli divulgue par la bouche<br/> Sépulcrale d’égoût bavant boue et rubis<br/> Abominablement quelque idole d’Anubis<br/> Tout le museau flambé comme un aboi farouche</p> <p class="texte2">Ou que le gaz récent torde la mèche louche<br/> Essuyeuse on le sait des opprobres subis<br/> Il allume hagard un immortel pubis<br/> Dont le vol selon le réverbère découche</p> <p class="texte2">Quel feuillage séché dans les cités sans soir<br/> Votif pourra bénir comme elle se rasseoir<br/> Contre le marbre vainement de Baudelaire</p> <p class="texte2">Au voile qui la ceint absente avec frissons<br/> Celle son ombre même un poison tutélaire<br/> Toujours à respirer si nous en périssons.</p></p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/49418124311http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/49418124311Thu, 02 May 2013 00:40:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/db2af67ec4c59d204b1088bf8ba48a34/tumblr_mkjy9qrQSb1qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Avenue de l’Opéra et Palais Garnier</p> <p>via Benjamin Pépiot</p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46808157033http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46808157033Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:17:00 -0400Parisblack and whitehistorical photographAvenue de l'OpéraPalais Garnier<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7e97657fc8b72c3e17ec9c3b6fa1b4e/tumblr_mk7dzpkomz1qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span class="tag">La Musique aux Tuileries</span></strong><em><strong><br/></strong></em><span class="st">Édouard Manet</span><br/>1862<br/><br/>In this painting Manet painted his friend Charles Baudelaire talking to Théophile Gautier. (left side of painting in front of large tree)  Manet and Baudelaire spent many hours together in the <span>Jardin des Tuileries.</span></p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46235176688http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46235176688Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:28:37 -0400Charles BaudelaireÉdouard ManetLa Musique aux Tuileriespainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d1f34bb7a6da4495f34342cfab07f28/tumblr_mk78gqqMan1qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/><strong>La Maîtresse de Charles Baudelaire<br/></strong>Édouard Manet<br/>oil  1862<br/><span class="st"> Szépmüvészeti Museum, Budapest </span></p> <p>While there is some dissent among art historians, most agree that this is a portrait of Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire’s mistress, about whom he wrote “vieille beauté transformée en infirme”. She had been suffering from polio for several years before this was painted. </p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46228592337http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/46228592337Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:29:14 -0400Charles BaudelaireÉdouard ManetJeanne Duvalpainting1862<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e6baf5faeee637cdd2dc9dd6b235eb13/tumblr_mj4ndbAgP21qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Paris<br/>Eugène Atget </p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/44531126853http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/44531126853Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:24:47 -0500Charles BaudelaireParisEugène Atgethistorical photograph<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/68a6aa50327fe765c1537d987f2f699d/tumblr_mivloiYt9J1s4040no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>“Les Fleurs du Mal”, illustrated by Ulrich Mertens</p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/44329210652http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/44329210652Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:23:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5cc84a97c3af46667d7de0630e814b30/tumblr_mh62vkGI4L1r5nlg1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alicemadenietzschecry.tumblr.com/post/41423301554/forest-i-fear-you-in-my-ruined-heart-your">alicemadenietzschecry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Forest, I fear you! In my ruined heart your roaring wakens the same agony as in cathedrals when the organ moans and from the depths I hear that I am damned.”</p> <p>- Charles Baudelaire</p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/42233304970http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/42233304970Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:31:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6c78080377698b912dce9751fe0f3ae3/tumblr_mh44lzZXVg1qi3dajo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Portrait<br/><br/>Baudelaire, Charles. <em>Œuvres complètes</em> .</span> <span> ( <em>Les fleurs du mal</em> – Les épaves – suivies de notice, notes et éclaircissements de M. Jacques Crépet).</span> <span> Impr.</span> <span> Nationale.</span> <span> Volume 5.</span> <span> Paris : Louis Conard, 1922<br/><br/></span><span>Centre d’études du 19e siècle français Joseph Sablé</span> <br/><br/></p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/41337973630http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/41337973630Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:32:23 -0500Charles BaudelaireportraitLes fleurs du malŒuvres complètes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/574881a7368a81c547ce7753b8baf5de/tumblr_mfgrj6q9ti1qi3dajo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jules and Jim <br/>François Truffaut</p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/38595308405http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/38595308405Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:11:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcrhuk4IPj1riypato1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/38595124985http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/38595124985Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:08:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mebja40Hdk1qm6qwdo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://maudelynn.tumblr.com/post/37571502158/cafe-noisette-at-musee-dorsa-photo-by-santi">maudelynn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Cafe Noisette at Musée d’Orsa </strong></em></p> <p>Photo by Santi Garcia</p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/37571555609http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/37571555609Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:54:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5m1zGReO1qdj6pxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://a-harlots-progress.tumblr.com/post/36668968801/eugene-atget-prostituee-rue-asseline-paris-vers">a-harlots-progress</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Eugène Atget, Prostituée rue Asseline,Paris vers 1900</span></p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/36720269414http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/36720269414Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:55:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpu5jjUpG1qe3697o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/35450754113http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/35450754113Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:50:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcpoy7rd4E1qfijmro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://monsieurleprince.tumblr.com/post/35344946003/jean-jacques-henner-1829-1905-a-portrait-of">monsieurleprince</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jean Jacques Henner (1829 - 1905) - <a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13095/lot/135/">A portrait of an auburn-haired beauty</a> </p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/35382989991http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/35382989991Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:31:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9sid0eyXr1r3hl1fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dansmonlivre.tumblr.com/post/30818474211/nature-and-ruins-by-arnaud-f">dansmonlivre</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Nature and ruins by <a href="http://www.behance.net/kankrela" id="owner">Arnaud F.</a></p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32762432078http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32762432078Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:37:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mazfa8l6vi1qzz302o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>Les Vampires - The Deadly Ring/La Bague qui tue</em> (1915)</p> </blockquote>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32762342525http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32762342525Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:36:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb7ad0Giss1qi3dajo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Portrait of Charles Baudelaire<br/> Emile Deroy 1844<br/>Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon</p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32656644388http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/32656644388Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:07:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7qjkxm1P11qaxnilo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote><em>L’horloge</em> by <a href="https://www.idburyprints.com/index.php?page=artist_promo_view.php&pid=7240&page1=&aid=1236&ar_name=m">Jean Mohler</a>, illustration for Baudelaire’s <em>Le spleen de Paris</em>, 1946<br/><br/><a href="http://frenchtwist.tumblr.com/tagged/charles_baudelaire">Also</a></blockquote></p>http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/30910075943http://hymntobeauty.tumblr.com/post/30910075943Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:12:05 -0400