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.

All labels observed (10)

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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 ⓘ

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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
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
A Woman of No Importance → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Walter Pater → influenced → Aestheticism ⓘ
this entity surface form: the aesthetic movement
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 ⓘ
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