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Wise Man that Théophile Gautier
Though not a painter worthy of a place in Tiff's ART for Art's Sake thread he is however linked in more than one way.
Théophile Gautier (1811 – 1872)
A French poet, novelist, working class journalist and passionate art & literary critic… where we find his first important contribution to the ART world. Not as contributor but critic. Gautier who started his path as a painter soon found his gifts and talents lie in the literary world but never lost his love and passion for art. He is credited with helping change Classical “technical” criticism into one more personal where the critic describes the piece in a way the reader can “see” the ART through description. This helped formulate the theory of The Transposition of Art – the belief that one can express one art medium in terms of another. Though it's Charles Baudelaire who gets the bulk of the credit.
The other link????
Well, that lies in the name of Tift's thread… Art for Art's Sake. The original… ” L'art pour Art” penned as a slogan by Gautier for his upcoming 1835 book Mademoiselle de Maupin.
Looks closer at the book cover…. Andrea? Andrea, is that YOU?
hmm, seems i've strayed a bit off path :
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