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Believe it or not, the model was not Charles Baudelaire. Baudelaire was a poet and art critic. Auguste Rodin created a series of busts of famous figures of his time, including Baudelaire, George Bernard Shaw and Georges Clemenceau. He chose to use a draftsman named Malteste as the model for the bust of Baudelaire. According to Rodin, Malteste had the characteristics he sought for the mask: "See the enormous forehead, swollen at the temples, dented, tormented, handsome nevertheless…."
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Who is the subject of Baudelaire's Painter of Modern Life?
Constantin Guys, Dutch/French water color painter and illustrator.
What is painter's model called?
If you mean that they inspire the artist, a woman model would be known as a Muse.
Who is the statue holding the cut off head in Florence?
Benvenuto Cellini's statue of Perseus holding the severed head of the Medusa.
What is a person who poses for a painter called?
Model
What does 'drew in his head' mean?
To draw is to pull something. He pulled his head in toward his shoulders, like he was hunching his shoulders up to protect his neck.
