# Charles Baudelaire — What Is Art? character guide

> Charles Baudelaire in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** M. Baudelaire

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

French poet criticized for decadent and obscure art.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/xvii)

Cited as an example of a poet whose works delight people of the time but are part of counterfeit art.

### [Appendices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/appendices)

A poem by Baudelaire is translated and included as an appendix.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/ii)

Indirectly referenced through the style of the poems and the mention of 'M. Baudelaire' in the broader work; not directly in excerpts.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/iv)

Poems and prose works quoted, including 'Flowers of Evil' and 'Little Poems'.

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