The directory «Plots»
Gautier Theophile
(1811–1872)
French poet, novelist, and critic. He was a leading exponent of art for art’s sake—the belief that formal, aesthetic beauty is the sole purpose of a work of art. An important manifesto of this theory appeared in the preface of his novel Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835). Gautier was a painter before he turned to writing. His theory of plasticity, that words should be used as the painter and sculptor use their tools, is illustrated in his volumes of poems Voyage en Espagne (1845) and Emaux et camées [enamels and cameos] (1852). His other works include the poem La Comédie de la mort (1838), the novel Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863), and L’Histoire de l’art dramatique en France (1858–59). He prepared the way for the Parnassians and symbolists in their reaction against romanticism
Cuba, 1967, Gizelle
Cuba, 1976, «Giselle»
Cuba, 2003, Alicia Alonso as Giselle
Cuba, 2008, «Giselle»
Finland, 1993, «Giselle»
France, 1972, Theophile Gautier
France, 1997, Captain Fracasse
Kazakhstan, 2009, Zhizel, Don Quixote, Bahchisarayskiy Fountain, Legend about love
Monaco, 1979, «La Spectre de la Rose» (after poster Gean Cocteau)
Monaco, 1997, Albert I, «La Spectre de la Rose» (poster Gean Cocteau)
Monaco, 2011, Theophile Gautier
Russia, 1995, Mikhail Fokin, «La Spectre de la Rose»
Russia, 1996, Scene from ballet «Giselle»
Seychelles, 1986, «Giselle»
Seychelles, 1986, Male dancer
Seychelles, 1986, Das de deux
Tanzania, 1999, «Giselle»
France, 1963.05—06, 
Tarbes. Theophile Gautier
France, 1972.09.09, Tarbes. Theophile Gautier
France, 1997, 
Captain Fracasse
Russia, 2001, Scene from ballet «Gizelle»
Russia, 1997, 
Portrait of Dyagilev by Cocteau
