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