 Gautier's many travels inspired many of his writings including "Voyage en Espagne" (1843), "Trésors d’Art de la Russie" (1858), and "Voyage en Russie" (1867).Gautier's travel literature is considered by many as being some of the best from the nineteenth century; often written in a personal style, it provides a window into Gautier's own tastes in art and culture.Gautier was a celebrated "abandonné" (one who yields or abandons himself to something) of the Romantic Ballet, writing several scenarios, the most famous of which is "Giselle", whose first interpreter, the ballerina Carlotta Grisi, was the great love of his life.