Andy Warhol - Turquoise Marilyn - 1962I don't think any one understood the modern idea of spectacle and its relationship to commodity more then Andy Warhol. His work was an entire treatise on the subject.
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The Dandy Flâneur
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Willkommen, bienvenue, and welcome to my little corner of the Blog-O-Sphere! This blog, The Dandy Flâneur, is all about me, my dislikes, likes, opinions on things like Art, Music, Literature, Film, and whatever else I feel like talking about. You may be wondering what a "Dandy Flâneur" is. So, here below is two defintions that might help explain it for you:
Dandy (\dan-dē\) : a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance, something excellent in its class.
Flâneur (\flä-n-oar\) : French for stoller, an idle man-about-town, people watcher.
So, with that out of the way, please enjoy the blog and leave comments if you feel so inclined.
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Dandy (\dan-dē\) : a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance, something excellent in its class.
Flâneur (\flä-n-oar\) : French for stoller, an idle man-about-town, people watcher.
So, with that out of the way, please enjoy the blog and leave comments if you feel so inclined.
Salut
Quote of the Day
"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars."
- J. Paul Getty
- J. Paul Getty
Current Top 10 Songs
- 01. Celebration / Madonna
- 02. Good Girl Goes Bad / Cobra Starship
- 03. She Wolf / Shakira
- 04. Love Comes / Bananarama
- 05. We Are Golden / Mika
- 06. Wake Up / Slimy
- 07. Never Forget You / Noisettes
- 08. Gara Gara Go! / Big Bang
- 09. Turn Back Time / Aqua
- 10. Eat You Up / BoA
Books I'm Reading
- Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat / Beth Archer Brombert
Shows I'm Watching Now
- 01. Nurse Jackie
- 02. Mad Men
- 03. Weeds
- 04. My Life on the D-List
Dandyism Defined:
Charles Baudelaire on the Dandy:
"These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and thinking .... Contrary to what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance. For the perfect dandy, these things are no more than the symbol of the aristocratic superiority of his mind."
"These beings have no other status, but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own persons, of satisfying their passions, of feeling and thinking .... Contrary to what many thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance. For the perfect dandy, these things are no more than the symbol of the aristocratic superiority of his mind."
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