Aesthetic Movement in Britain

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art movement literary movement

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Aesthetic movement	11
Aesthetic Movement	3
Aesthetic Movement illustration	1
Aesthetic Movement in Britain canonical	1

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ