The decadent artist markets other people's pain Auteur: Jennifer Birkett Copy Quote More from Jennifer Birkett “Hidden away behind the closed doors of aristocratic and bourgeois privilege, co…” “Everyone in a decadent society, Lorrain urges, is guilty. Everyone loves maskin…” “The mask of art is the means through which corruption is spread. The mask makes…” “In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the…”