painter of manners

"..the genius of the painter of manners is of a mixed nature, by which I mean that it contains a strong literary element. Observer, philosopher, flâneur - call him what you will; but whatever words you use in trying to define this kind of artist, you will certainly be led to bestow upon him some objective which you could not apply to the painter of eternal, or at least more lasting things, of heroic or religious subjects. Sometimes he is a poet; more often he comes closer to the novelist or the moralist; he is the painter of the passing moment and of all the suggestions of eternity that it contains." Baudelaire em The Painter of Modern Life.

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Daumier e Gavarni.
tão longe.
hoje apanhamos agulhas de pinheiro, cascas de tronco, folhas de eucalipto e talvez musgo ervas ou areia. depois povoamos esta colina com moinhos, igrejas, poços e pontes por onde possam passar o moleiro os pastores e um rebanho. gostava de ter uma padeira. para introduzir algum naturalismo nisto.