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.

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instanceOf art movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
aestheticPreference exotic and historical motifs ⓘ
formal beauty and harmony ⓘ
subtle color and line ⓘ
alternativeName the Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
linked to: Aestheticism
associatedConcept decadence ⓘ
fin de siècle ⓘ
l’art pour l’art ⓘ
associatedWork Marius the Epicurean ⓘ
Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler ⓘ
Salomé ⓘ
linked to: Salome

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 ⓘ
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism

Modernist aesthetics ⓘ
Symbolism ⓘ
fin de siècle culture ⓘ
influencedBy French Symbolism ⓘ
linked to: French symbolism

Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics ⓘ
Impressionism ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Raphaelite art

Romanticism ⓘ
Walter Pater’s aesthetic theory ⓘ
majorCentre London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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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Sully Prudhomme → movement → Parnassianism ⓘ
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Civil Disobedience → firstPublishedIn → Aesthetic Papers ⓘ
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MGM → mottoMeaning → Art for Art's Sake ⓘ
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John Singer Sargent → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
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Symbolism → relatedTo → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer → mottoMeaning → Art for Art's Sake ⓘ
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Oscar Wilde → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Aestheticism → alternativeName → the Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
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Grosvenor Gallery → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Fernande Olivier → movement → Bohemianism ⓘ
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Evelyn De Morgan → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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James McNeill Whistler → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Edward Burne-Jones → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Leo the Lion → mottoMeaning → Art for Art's Sake ⓘ
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Ars Gratia Artis → translation → Art for art's sake ⓘ
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Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Whistler's Mother → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Walter Crane → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Louis Comfort Tiffany → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Queen Anne Revival → influencedBy → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Tonalism → relatedTo → Aestheticism ⓘ
In the Studio → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Portrait of Dora Wheeler → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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The Picture of Dorian Gray → literaryMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Marie Spartali Stillman → artisticMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Théophile Gautier → movement → Parnassianism ⓘ
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A Woman of No Importance → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Walter Pater → influenced → the aesthetic movement ⓘ
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An Ideal Husband → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Albert Joseph Moore → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Moore
linked to: Aestheticism
Peacock Room → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Algernon Charles Swinburne → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ
The Yellow Book → artMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Victorian art → includesMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Stelio Effrena → associatedMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Under the Hill → literaryMovement → Aestheticism ⓘ
Michael Field → movement → Aestheticism ⓘ