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.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aestheticism canonical | 22 |
| Aesthetic Movement | 10 |
| Aesthetic movement | 8 |
| Art for Art's Sake | 3 |
| Parnassianism | 3 |
| Aesthetic Papers | 1 |
| Art for art's sake | 1 |
| Bohemianism | 1 |
| the Aesthetic Movement | 1 |
| the aesthetic movement | 1 |
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Target entity: Aestheticism Context triple: [Pre-Raphaelite art, influenced, Aestheticism]
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Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an ornamental art and design movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by flowing organic lines, floral motifs, and a synthesis of fine and applied arts.
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Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
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Pre-Raphaelite art
Pre-Raphaelite art is a 19th-century British movement characterized by vivid color, meticulous detail, and romantic or medieval themes in reaction against academic painting conventions.
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Arts and Crafts movement
The Arts and Crafts movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century design and social reform movement that championed traditional craftsmanship, simple forms, and the use of natural materials as a reaction against industrial mass production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Aestheticism Target entity description: 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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A.
Modernism
Modernism is a broad 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break with traditional forms and an embrace of innovation, abstraction, and new technologies in art, architecture, literature, and design.
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B.
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an ornamental art and design movement from the late 19th and early 20th centuries characterized by flowing organic lines, floral motifs, and a synthesis of fine and applied arts.
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C.
Romanticism
Romanticism was a late 18th- and 19th-century artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, and a deep appreciation of nature and the sublime in reaction against Enlightenment rationalism and industrialization.
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D.
Pre-Raphaelite art
Pre-Raphaelite art is a 19th-century British movement characterized by vivid color, meticulous detail, and romantic or medieval themes in reaction against academic painting conventions.
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Arts and Crafts movement
The Arts and Crafts movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century design and social reform movement that championed traditional craftsmanship, simple forms, and the use of natural materials as a reaction against industrial mass production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| aestheticPreference |
exotic and historical motifs
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formal beauty and harmony ⓘ subtle color and line ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aestheticism
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surface form:
the Aesthetic Movement
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| associatedConcept |
decadence
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fin de siècle ⓘ l’art pour l’art ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Marius the Epicurean
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Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler ⓘ Salome ⓘ
surface form:
Salomé
The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ The Yellow Book ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
art should be valued for its beauty rather than for moral or social messages
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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
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perceived moral irresponsibility ⓘ |
| endTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
decorative arts
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fashion ⓘ interior design ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ theatre ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| influenced |
Art Nouveau
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Decadentism ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent movement
Modernist aesthetics ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ fin de siècle culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French symbolism
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surface form:
French Symbolism
Immanuel Kant’s aesthetics ⓘ Impressionism ⓘ Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Romanticism ⓘ Walter Pater’s aesthetic theory ⓘ |
| majorCentre |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Paris ⓘ |
| motto | art for art’s sake ⓘ |
| notableProponent |
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ James McNeill Whistler ⓘ Oscar Wilde ⓘ Walter Pater ⓘ William Morris ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance |
autonomy of art
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primacy of aesthetic experience over moral judgment ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1860s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
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