 The Romantic vision of the great artist as an exceptional individual, an unrepeatable genius, creator of his own rules, of his own style, leaves the figure of the philosopher and essayist in a rather difficult position. The art critic has a very different task from that of the artist. As a critic, Schlegel conceives his activity as an educational and moral one, something which he definitely does not demand from the artist. “Art needs the discourse of art history for its artistry to become visible” (Schulte-Sasse [1985] 1988: 137). Certainly, in order to appreciate correctly the work of the artist, in order to avoid being dazed by superficialities, the art critic also has to have an inner feeling, a certain genius. But his task is not to create, but to comprehend and to educate the public in their taste, to enable them to value the new, modern artistic productions with a profound understanding of their significance. For, 