The meaning of art, its nature, rôle, and value (1913)
Gaultier, Paul, b. 1872, Baldwin, H., Baldwin, E. · London, G. Allen & Company ltd. · leaf 82
ly as a motive or pretext for the work of art.Further, this is the real reason why a work of artdoes not consist either in the imitation of natureor in her correction, as being a more or lessdistant copy of a transcendent ideal. The aesthetic value of a work of art is soindependent of the interest… … = -5 5 -5 £ , • * WHAT IS ART? 39 at Cana is not true to life ; and we do not knowthe identity of The Man with the Glove. That which gives incomparable value to the workof art, as something unique and of immeasur-able force, is the personality of the artist, togetherwith the emotion that expresses…
Art · Aesthetics
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