Aesthetic Movement in Britain

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The Aesthetic Movement in Britain was a late 19th-century artistic and literary trend that championed beauty, refined style, and “art for art’s sake” over moral or narrative content.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aesthetic movement 11
Aesthetic Movement 3
Aesthetic Movement illustration 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1890s ⓘ
field decorative arts ⓘ
interior design ⓘ
literature ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
focus beauty ⓘ
refined style ⓘ
sensuous form ⓘ
hasCharacteristic aesthetic dress ⓘ
asymmetrical composition ⓘ
cult of the dandy ⓘ
cultivation of refined taste ⓘ
emphasis on color and pattern ⓘ
emphasis on interior decoration ⓘ
emphasis on mood and atmosphere ⓘ
flattened decorative surfaces ⓘ
integration of fine and decorative arts ⓘ
interest in beauty as an end in itself ⓘ
interest in medieval and classical themes ⓘ
interest in synaesthesia of arts ⓘ
rejection of industrial mass production aesthetics ⓘ
rejection of narrative subject matter ⓘ
use of exotic motifs ⓘ
use of symbolic and suggestive imagery ⓘ
hasPart Aesthetic Movement in architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in decorative arts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in design ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in literature ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in painting NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Art Nouveau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Decadent movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern graphic design ⓘ
modern interior design ⓘ
influencedBy French Impressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japanese art ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Pater’s aesthetics ⓘ
mainRegion Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
motto art for art’s sake ⓘ
opposedTo Victorian moralism ⓘ
moral didacticism in art ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
relatedTo Decadent movement in literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
Symbolist literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Arts and Crafts movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1860s ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Albert Moore → associatedWith → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert Joseph Moore
Mary Evelyn Pickering → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Hope in a Prison of Despair → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Victorian art → influenced → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Ruskin v. Whistler libel case → relatedMovement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement
King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid → artMovement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Philip Burne-Jones → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
American Mona Lisa → associatedWithArtMovement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
The Baby's Bouquet → hasArtStyle → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement illustration
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement
Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" → movement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Japanese prints (Japonisme) → influencedMovement → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic movement
Kingscote → hasInteriorStyle → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aesthetic Movement