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.

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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 ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in decorative arts ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in design ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in literature ⓘ
Aesthetic Movement in painting ⓘ
influenced Art Nouveau ⓘ
Decadent movement ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism

Symbolism ⓘ
modern graphic design ⓘ
modern interior design ⓘ
influencedBy French Impressionism ⓘ
linked to: Impressionism

Japanese art ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
Walter Pater’s aesthetics ⓘ
mainRegion Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain
motto art for art’s sake ⓘ
opposedTo Victorian moralism ⓘ
moral didacticism in art ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
relatedTo Decadent movement in literature ⓘ
linked to: Decadentism

Symbolist literature ⓘ
sharesBorderWith Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
startTime 1860s ⓘ

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Albert Joseph Moore → associatedWith → Aesthetic Movement in Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert Moore
Mary Evelyn Pickering → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Hope in a Prison of Despair → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
linked to: Aesthetic Movement in Britain
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
linked to: Aesthetic Movement in Britain
Victorian art → influenced → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Ruskin v. Whistler libel case → relatedMovement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid → artMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Philip Burne-Jones → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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American Mona Lisa → associatedWithArtMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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The Baby's Bouquet → hasArtStyle → Aesthetic Movement illustration ⓘ
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Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Tiffany Chapel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Illustrations for "Le Morte d'Arthur" → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Japanese prints (Japonisme) → influencedMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Kingscote → hasInteriorStyle → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Portrait of Mrs. John W. Alexander → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Lord Henry Wotton → associatedWithMovement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Olivia Shakespear → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Frederick Leyland → movementSupported → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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Alexandre de Riquer → influencedBy → British Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Herbert Horne → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Leonard Smithers → associatedWithMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Tite Street, Chelsea, London → hasCulturalSignificance → associated with Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Albert Joseph Moore → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Albert Joseph Moore → associatedWith → British Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Aesthetic Movement in Britain → hasPart → Aesthetic Movement in painting ⓘ
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Aesthetic Movement in Britain → hasPart → Aesthetic Movement in decorative arts ⓘ
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Aesthetic Movement in Britain → hasPart → Aesthetic Movement in architecture ⓘ
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Jane Burden → associatedWith → British Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Proserpine (painting) → associatedWith → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood → influenced → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
linked to: Aesthetic Movement in Britain
British art → notableMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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De Morgan school → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Nocturne: Grey and Gold – Westminster Bridge → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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British Art Nouveau → follows → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
linked to: Aesthetic Movement in Britain
Philip Burne-Jones → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip
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Edward William Godwin → movement → Aesthetic Movement ⓘ
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The White Girl → movement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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The Soul Attains → associatedWith → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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Joanna Hiffernan → associatedWithMovement → Aesthetic movement ⓘ
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