Word: dandyism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...life Baudelaire achieved fame by publishing Les Fleurs du Mal, by espousing Dandyism, by living with the negress Jeanne Duval. Only the most enthusiastic Baudelairians know his brilliant Salons, the pitiful Journaux Intimes, his Petits Poémes en Prose. And today it is only in Les Fleurs du Mal that Baudelaire exists...
...sword is propped against his leg; the royal coat of arms, painted on the wall, has the look of an automobile trademark. And in the stiffness of the paper-doll body under its innumerable ribbons, sashes, badges and magnificent sweep of falling draperies-in the exaggerated dandyism of the spindling white-stockinged legs, in the pointed hands, in the dainty bearded face, burns a discomfort - the puzzled, enviable discomfort of the nouveau riche...
...present exhibition, he won the Bal- manno Challenge Cup, defeating his ancient rival, Field Marshal, and a blue in the class for harness horses over 15.2 hands. Blooded, debonair and sleek, Knight Commander is like the horse of a legend: flawless in line; in action, the incarnation of scrupulous dandyism. His performance in this show makes him the most valuable hackney in the world...