Charles Baudelaire was not only a visionary poet, but also modern art's first critic. It is not surprising, then, that he produced some of the most visually evocative poems of his time. Drawing inspiration from Bruegel, Rembrandt, Goya, Delacroix, and other painters, and in turn inspiring such artists as Manet, Redon, Bonnard, Munch and Baziotes, his poetry links together an extraordinary range of artworks. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York, Baudelaire's Voyages is an in-depth examination of a number of Baudelaire's poems and the art that reflected his remarkable vision. The introductory essay by Dore Ashton and the text by Jeffrey Conven reveal the correlations between the work of this extraordinary poet and the painters who influenced him - such as the seventeenth-century Dutch artists de Witte and Vermeer, whose ordered yet quietly sensuous interiors appealed to him enormously, and Goya, in whose darker visions he spied a kindred spirit - as well as those who came after. Ce?zanne, Matisse, and Motherwell, among others, all painted works titled after poems by Baudelaire. With its lavish illustrations, insightful text, and the inclusion of some of Baudelaire's most loved poetry in the original French and in ENglish, Baudelaire's Voyages is a fascinating exploration of the poetry of Charles Baudelaire and its effect on the world of art. -- from dust jacket.