# M. Schasler — What Is Art? character guide

> M. Schasler in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Schasler

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

German aesthetician referenced in the discussion of art theory.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as an aesthetic guide who claimed aesthetics vanished for 1,500 years after Plotinus.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited multiple times as a source on the history of aesthetics.

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