Aestheticism

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art movement cultural movement literary movement

Aestheticism was a late 19th-century artistic and literary movement that championed beauty, sensory experience, and “art for art’s sake” over moral or social themes.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Aestheticism canonical	22
Aesthetic Movement	10
Aesthetic movement	8
Art for Art's Sake	3
Parnassianism	3
Aesthetic Papers	1
Art for art's sake	1
Bohemianism	1
the Aesthetic Movement	1
the aesthetic movement	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aestheticPreference	exotic and historical motifs ⓘ formal beauty and harmony ⓘ subtle color and line ⓘ
alternativeName	Aestheticism ⓘ surface form: the Aesthetic Movement
associatedConcept	decadence ⓘ fin de siècle ⓘ l’art pour l’art ⓘ
associatedWork	Marius the Epicurean ⓘ Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler ⓘ Salome ⓘ surface form: Salomé The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ The Yellow Book ⓘ
coreIdea	art should be valued for its beauty rather than for moral or social messages ⓘ emphasis on sensory experience and refined perception ⓘ rejection of didactic and utilitarian views of art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy	Victorian moralists ⓘ
criticizedFor	elitism and detachment from social issues ⓘ perceived moral irresponsibility ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
field	decorative arts ⓘ fashion ⓘ interior design ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ theatre ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
influenced	Art Nouveau ⓘ Decadentism ⓘ surface form: Decadent movement Modernist aesthetics ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ fin de siècle culture ⓘ
influencedBy	French symbolism ⓘ surface form: French Symbolism Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics ⓘ Impressionism ⓘ Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Romanticism ⓘ Walter Pater’s aesthetic theory ⓘ
majorCentre	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Paris ⓘ
motto	art for art’s sake ⓘ
notableProponent	Algernon Charles Swinburne ⓘ Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ James McNeill Whistler ⓘ Oscar Wilde ⓘ Walter Pater ⓘ William Morris ⓘ
philosophicalStance	autonomy of art ⓘ primacy of aesthetic experience over moral judgment ⓘ
startTime	circa 1860s ⓘ
timePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pre-Raphaelite art → influenced → Aestheticism ⓘ

Sully Prudhomme → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parnassianism

Civil Disobedience → firstPublishedIn → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Papers

MGM → mottoMeaning → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art for Art's Sake

John Singer Sargent → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Victorian era → hasCulturalMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Symbolism → relatedTo → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → mottoMeaning → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art for Art's Sake

Oscar Wilde → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Aestheticism → alternativeName → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Aesthetic Movement

Dante Gabriel Rossetti → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

The Golden Stairs → associatedWith → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Grosvenor Gallery → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Stances et poèmes → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parnassianism

Fernande Olivier → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bohemianism

Evelyn De Morgan → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

James McNeill Whistler → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Edward Burne-Jones → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Leo the Lion → mottoMeaning → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art for Art's Sake

Ars Gratia Artis → translation → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Art for art's sake

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Whistler's Mother → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Walter Crane → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Louis Comfort Tiffany → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Victorian literature → hasNotableMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Queen Anne Revival → influencedBy → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Tonalism → relatedTo → Aestheticism ⓘ

In the Studio → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Portrait of Dora Wheeler → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

The Picture of Dorian Gray → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Marie Spartali Stillman → artisticMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement

Théophile Gautier → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parnassianism

The Ballad of Reading Gaol → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

A Woman of No Importance → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

The Canterville Ghost → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Walter Pater → influenced → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: the aesthetic movement

Lady Windermere’s Fan → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

An Ideal Husband → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Albert Moore → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

subject surface form: Albert Joseph Moore

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Peacock Room → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Algernon Charles Swinburne → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Marius the Epicurean → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

The Yellow Book → artMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Victorian art → includesMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement

Stelio Effrena → associatedMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Under the Hill → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ

Michael Field (pen name of Edith Cooper and Katherine Bradley) → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ

subject surface form: Michael Field