Le Mauvais Vitrier
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Le Mauvais Vitrier is one of Charles Baudelaire’s brief prose poems from *Le Spleen de Paris*, depicting a darkly ironic encounter with a glazier that explores themes of cruelty, aesthetic obsession, and urban alienation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Le Mauvais Vitrier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5493833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Mauvais Vitrier Context triple: [Le Spleen de Paris, hasPart, Le Mauvais Vitrier]
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A.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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The Bridge at Courbevoie
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C.
Cœur de verre
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D.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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E.
Barbier et Fenestre
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Mauvais Vitrier Target entity description: Le Mauvais Vitrier is one of Charles Baudelaire’s brief prose poems from *Le Spleen de Paris*, depicting a darkly ironic encounter with a glazier that explores themes of cruelty, aesthetic obsession, and urban alienation.
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A.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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B.
The Bridge at Courbevoie
The Bridge at Courbevoie is an 1886–87 Post-Impressionist oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts a tranquil riverside scene near Paris using his pioneering pointillist technique.
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C.
Cœur de verre
Cœur de verre is a song by French singer Patricia Kaas, known for its emotive vocal delivery and blend of chanson and pop influences.
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D.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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E.
Barbier et Fenestre
Barbier et Fenestre was a prominent French manufacturer of high-quality Fresnel lighthouse lenses and optical equipment active in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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prose poem ⓘ |
| author | Charles Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | one of the early pieces in Le Spleen de Paris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
aesthetic experience as destructive
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artist as cruel observer ⓘ dehumanization in the modern city ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | glazier ⓘ |
| form | short prose ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist precursor
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prose poetry ⓘ symbolist literature ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | frequently analyzed in Baudelaire scholarship ⓘ |
| hasLength | brief ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
The Bad Glazier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Poor Glazier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | urban modernity of Paris ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernity
ⓘ
Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dark humor
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irony ⓘ psychological portrait ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Mauvais Vitrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Le Spleen de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | posthumous collection Le Spleen de Paris ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Le Spleen de Paris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Fleurs du mal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Paris
NERFINISHED
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urban environment ⓘ |
| studiedIn | French literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
aesthetic obsession
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aestheticism versus morality ⓘ class difference ⓘ cruelty ⓘ indifference to suffering ⓘ modern city life ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sadism ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| workIn | Le Spleen de Paris, ou Petits poèmes en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Mauvais Vitrier Description of subject: Le Mauvais Vitrier is one of Charles Baudelaire’s brief prose poems from *Le Spleen de Paris*, depicting a darkly ironic encounter with a glazier that explores themes of cruelty, aesthetic obsession, and urban alienation.
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