Parnassianism
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Parnassianism was a 19th-century French literary movement that championed formal precision, impersonal objectivity, and “art for art’s sake” in reaction against Romantic subjectivity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Parnassianism canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6750979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parnassianism Context triple: [French symbolism, influencedBy, Parnassianism]
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Acmeism
Acmeism was an early 20th-century Russian literary movement that emphasized clarity, craftsmanship, and concrete imagery in poetry as a reaction against Symbolism.
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Noucentisme
Noucentisme was an early 20th-century Catalan cultural and artistic movement that promoted classical order, civic values, and Mediterranean rationalism in reaction against the romanticism and ornamentation of Modernisme.
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C.
Imagism
Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
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D.
Decadentism
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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Imaginism
Imaginism was a short-lived early 20th-century Russian poetic movement, associated with figures like Sergei Yesenin, that emphasized vivid, striking imagery and emotional expressiveness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Parnassianism Target entity description: Parnassianism was a 19th-century French literary movement that championed formal precision, impersonal objectivity, and “art for art’s sake” in reaction against Romantic subjectivity.
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A.
Acmeism
Acmeism was an early 20th-century Russian literary movement that emphasized clarity, craftsmanship, and concrete imagery in poetry as a reaction against Symbolism.
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B.
Noucentisme
Noucentisme was an early 20th-century Catalan cultural and artistic movement that promoted classical order, civic values, and Mediterranean rationalism in reaction against the romanticism and ornamentation of Modernisme.
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C.
Imagism
Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
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D.
Decadentism
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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E.
Imaginism
Imaginism was a short-lived early 20th-century Russian poetic movement, associated with figures like Sergei Yesenin, that emphasized vivid, striking imagery and emotional expressiveness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French literary movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalStance |
preference for craftsmanship over inspiration
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rejection of personal confession in poetry ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
impersonal tone
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impersonal treatment of subject matter ⓘ objective description ⓘ |
| favoredForm |
fixed poetic forms
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sonnet ⓘ |
| firstMajorAnthologyPublicationDate | 1866 ⓘ |
| genreFocus | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anti-Romanticism
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art for art’s sake ⓘ classical restraint ⓘ descriptive precision ⓘ formal precision ⓘ impersonal objectivity ⓘ impersonality ⓘ objectivism in poetry ⓘ technical perfection ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Catulle Mendès
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
François Coppée NERFINISHED ⓘ José-Maria de Heredia NERFINISHED ⓘ Leconte de Lisle NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Verlaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Stéphane Mallarmé NERFINISHED ⓘ Sully Prudhomme NERFINISHED ⓘ Théodore de Banville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Decadent movement
NERFINISHED
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Classical antiquity
NERFINISHED
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Theophile Gautier’s doctrine of art for art’s sake ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryContext | post-Romantic French poetry ⓘ |
| movementPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mount Parnassus
NERFINISHED
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Parnassus, home of the Muses in Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Le Parnasse contemporain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposes |
didacticism in poetry
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emotional effusion ⓘ |
| peakActivity | 1860s–1880s ⓘ |
| publicationAssociatedWith | Le Parnasse contemporain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactionAgainst |
Romantic subjectivity
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Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1860s ⓘ |
| typicalThemes |
exotic landscapes
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historical subjects ⓘ mythology ⓘ sculptural imagery ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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