In such a way that not even a casual reader can oversee the strong dichotomy between art and “a philosophical journal” on the one hand, and design and “a faience bathroom” on the other. Do we need to add that the posthumous reputation of Böttiger was that of a parody of an art critic, and that any “Journal of Luxuries and Fashion” couldn’t be any­thing other than the epitome of artistic per­ver­sions seen from the point of view of the emerging concept of modern art.