{"product_id":"in-praise-of-cosmetics","title":"In Praise of Cosmetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Charles Baudelaire\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Eris (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everything beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature, Baudelaire says, is ugly―and art is what saves us from it. This wicked, brilliant fragment defends makeup not as deception but as devotion: a ritual rebellion against decay, chance, and animal life. To paint the face is to reject nature’s chaos and choose artifice―freely, proudly, and exquisitely.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44253462757475,"sku":"9781967751150","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/41JqWLWJ-0L.jpg?v=1781305992","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/in-praise-of-cosmetics","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}