An oft-quoted passage about this Âfigure describes him as a "kaleidoscope giftfted with consciousness" who is able "to be at thecenter of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world."
An oft-quoted passage about this Âfigure describes him as a "kaleidoscope giftfted with consciousness" who is able "to be at thecenter of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world." In On Photography, Sontag argues that the hand-held camerais "an extension of the eye" of this fiÂgure, and the photographer is "the armed version" of this fiÂgure who tries to uncover "anunofficial reality behind the facade of bourgeois life." Balzac defiÂned this figure's practice as "the gastronomy of the eye." WalterBenjamin argues he combines "the casual eye" with "the purposeful gaze of the detective" in The Arcades Project, whichexamines this Âfigure as the essential modern urban spectator. Differentiated from a dandy because he is not blase, this Âfigure Â´was the topic of a famous passage in The Painter of Modern Life where Baudelaire defiÂned him as "the passionate spectator"exulting, "the crowd is his element." For 10 points, name this French word for a "stroller" that became an archetype for theidle man of leisure in 19th-century Paris.
An oft-quoted passage about this Âfigure describes him as a "kaleidoscope giftfted with consciousness" who is able "to be at thecenter of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world."
flaneur