Decadentism

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art movement literary movement

Decadentism is a late 19th-century literary and artistic movement characterized by aestheticism, sensuality, and a fascination with decay and moral decline.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Decadent movement 12
Parnassianism 3
Italian Decadent movement 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
associatedConcept decadence ⓘ
decay ⓘ
degeneration ⓘ
fin de siècle ⓘ
hasCharacteristic aestheticism ⓘ
anti-bourgeois attitude ⓘ
art for art’s sake ⓘ
artificiality ⓘ
cult of beauty ⓘ
dandyism ⓘ
elitism ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
exotic settings ⓘ
fascination with decay ⓘ
interest in moral decline ⓘ
interest in perversion and vice ⓘ
interest in taboo subjects ⓘ
morbid themes ⓘ
ornate language ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
refinement of style ⓘ
rejection of naturalism ⓘ
rejection of realism ⓘ
sensuality ⓘ
symbolic imagery ⓘ
use of synesthesia ⓘ
world-weariness ⓘ
hasKeyWork Les Fleurs du mal ⓘ
The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ
À rebours ⓘ
hasMovementOrigin France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Arthur Rimbaud ⓘ
Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
Gabriele D'Annunzio ⓘ
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio

Guido Gozzano ⓘ
Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ
Oscar Wilde ⓘ
Paul Verlaine ⓘ
Stéphane Mallarmé ⓘ
hasTimePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
influenced early 20th-century avant-garde ⓘ
fin de siècle culture ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
influencedBy Parnassianism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
aestheticism ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

this entity surface form: Italian Decadentism
this entity surface form: Italian Decadent movement
Symbolism → hasInfluenceOn → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Aestheticism → influenced → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Il fuoco → literaryMovement → Decadentism ⓘ
Il piacere → literaryMovement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
L'innocente → literaryMovement → Decadentism ⓘ
Fécondité → literaryPeriod → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: fin de siècle
Paul Verlaine → memberOf → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassian movement
Arthur Rimbaud → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Aubrey Beardsley → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Charles Baudelaire → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
François → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
subject surface form: François Sully Prudhomme
this entity surface form: Parnassianism
Gabriele D'Annunzio → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
Gabriele Rapagnetta → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio
Joris-Karl Huysmans → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Les Solitudes → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parnassianism
Oscar Wilde → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Paul Verlaine → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
this entity surface form: Parnassianism
Stéphane Mallarmé → movement → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement
Symbolism → relatedTo → Decadentism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decadent movement