Daily Archives: July 8, 2024

In the previous post, I juxtaposed a critical bit describing Baudelaire’s 19th century mode of providing acknowledgment in his dedications (what we bloggers sometimes call linky-love) with a Courbet painting in the sidebar. The painting, “Bonjour Monsieur Courbet,” depicts Courbet as a wanderer meeting Alfred Bruyas, in real life his patron. Where Baudelaire provided linky-love [...]