Le Peintre de la vie moderne
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Le Peintre de la vie moderne is an influential 1863 essay by Charles Baudelaire that explores the role of the modern artist and the aesthetics of modernity in urban life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Peintre de la vie moderne canonical | 3 |
| The Painter of Modern Life | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Peintre de la vie moderne Context triple: [Charles Baudelaire, notableWork, Le Peintre de la vie moderne]
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A.
The Joy of Life
The Joy of Life is a landmark Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vivid colors, fluid forms, and idyllic depiction of nude figures in a pastoral landscape.
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B.
Les Tendances nouvelles
Les Tendances nouvelles is a written work by French Post-Impressionist artist and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his ideas on modern art and aesthetics.
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C.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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D.
Les Traditions de l’art
Les Traditions de l’art is a theoretical and critical work by French Post-Impressionist painter Émile Bernard, in which he reflects on the history, principles, and spiritual dimensions of artistic tradition.
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E.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Peintre de la vie moderne Target entity description: Le Peintre de la vie moderne is an influential 1863 essay by Charles Baudelaire that explores the role of the modern artist and the aesthetics of modernity in urban life.
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A.
The Joy of Life
The Joy of Life is a landmark Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its vivid colors, fluid forms, and idyllic depiction of nude figures in a pastoral landscape.
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B.
Les Tendances nouvelles
Les Tendances nouvelles is a written work by French Post-Impressionist artist and theorist Émile Bernard, reflecting his ideas on modern art and aesthetics.
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C.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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D.
Les Traditions de l’art
Les Traditions de l’art is a theoretical and critical work by French Post-Impressionist painter Émile Bernard, in which he reflects on the history, principles, and spiritual dimensions of artistic tradition.
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E.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
modernité
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the painter of modern life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| discusses |
beauty in the transient
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ephemeral nature of modern life ⓘ flâneur ⓘ relationship between art and fashion ⓘ urban crowd ⓘ |
| explores |
artist as observer of modern life
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modern subjectivity in the city ⓘ tension between eternal and transitory beauty ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic essay
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art criticism ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Le Peintre de la vie moderne
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Painter of Modern Life
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| hasInfluenceOn |
concept of modern art
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theory of modernity in the arts ⓘ |
| hasPart | essay on Constantin Guys ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural theory of modernity
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modernist art theory ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French criticism of the 19th century ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
aesthetics of modern life
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modernity ⓘ role of the modern artist ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| movementContext |
Modernism
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surface form:
French modernism
symbolism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Peintre de la vie moderne self-link ⓘ |
| periodDescribed | 19th-century Paris ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
scholarly analysis in art history
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scholarly analysis in cultural studies ⓘ scholarly analysis in literary studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
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How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Le Peintre de la vie moderne Description of subject: Le Peintre de la vie moderne is an influential 1863 essay by Charles Baudelaire that explores the role of the modern artist and the aesthetics of modernity in urban life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Le Peintre de la vie moderne
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hasEnglishTitle
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Le Peintre de la vie moderne
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Painter of Modern Life