Aestheticism
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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.
Observed surface forms (8)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Aesthetic movement | 0 | 6 |
| Aesthetic Movement | 0 | 3 |
| Art for Art's Sake | 0 | 3 |
| Parnassianism | 0 | 2 |
| Aesthetic Papers | 0 | 1 |
| Art for art's sake | 0 | 1 |
| Bohemianism | 0 | 1 |
| the Aesthetic Movement | 0 | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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cultural movement → literary movement → |
| aestheticPreference |
exotic and historical motifs
→
formal beauty and harmony → subtle color and line → |
| alternativeName |
Aestheticism
→
surface form:
the Aesthetic Movement
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| associatedConcept |
decadence
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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
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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
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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
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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 (25)
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the Aesthetic Movement
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Aesthetic Movement
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Aesthetic Papers
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Parnassianism
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Art for Art's Sake
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Art for Art's Sake
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Art for Art's Sake
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Aesthetic movement
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Aesthetic movement
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Aesthetic movement
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Bohemianism
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Aesthetic Movement
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Aesthetic Movement
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Parnassianism
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Aesthetic movement
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Art for art's sake