Decadentism
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Decadentism is a late 19th-century literary and artistic movement characterized by aestheticism, sensuality, and a fascination with decay and moral decline.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Decadent movement | 40 |
| Decadentism canonical | 14 |
| Parnassianism | 4 |
| Decadent literature | 3 |
| Italian Decadentism | 3 |
| Decadent movement in literature | 1 |
| Italian Decadent movement | 1 |
| Parnassian movement | 1 |
| decadent movement | 1 |
| fin de siècle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Decadentism Context triple: [Gabriele D'Annunzio, movement, Decadentism]
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Aestheticism
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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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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Belle Époque
The Belle Époque was a period of relative peace, prosperity, and flourishing arts and culture in Europe, especially France, spanning roughly from the late 19th century until World War I.
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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 Deco
Art Deco is a decorative visual arts and architectural style from the early 20th century characterized by bold geometric forms, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation that symbolized modernity and luxury.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Decadentism Target entity description: Decadentism is a late 19th-century literary and artistic movement characterized by aestheticism, sensuality, and a fascination with decay and moral decline.
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A.
Aestheticism
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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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.
Belle Époque
The Belle Époque was a period of relative peace, prosperity, and flourishing arts and culture in Europe, especially France, spanning roughly from the late 19th century until World War I.
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D.
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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E.
Art Deco
Art Deco is a decorative visual arts and architectural style from the early 20th century characterized by bold geometric forms, rich colors, and lavish ornamentation that symbolized modernity and luxury.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
decadence
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decay ⓘ degeneration ⓘ fin de siècle ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aestheticism
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anti-bourgeois attitude ⓘ art for art’s sake ⓘ artificiality ⓘ cult of beauty ⓘ dandyism ⓘ elitism ⓘ eroticism ⓘ exotic settings ⓘ fascination with decay ⓘ interest in moral decline ⓘ interest in perversion and vice ⓘ interest in taboo subjects ⓘ morbid themes ⓘ ornate language ⓘ pessimism ⓘ refinement of style ⓘ rejection of naturalism ⓘ rejection of realism ⓘ sensuality ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ use of synesthesia ⓘ world-weariness ⓘ |
| hasKeyWork |
Les Fleurs du mal
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The Picture of Dorian Gray ⓘ À rebours ⓘ |
| hasMovementOrigin |
France
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Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Arthur Rimbaud
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Charles Baudelaire ⓘ Gabriele D'Annunzio ⓘ
surface form:
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Guido Gozzano ⓘ Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ Oscar Wilde ⓘ Paul Verlaine ⓘ Stéphane Mallarmé ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
early 20th-century avant-garde
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fin de siècle culture ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Parnassianism
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Romanticism ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ aestheticism ⓘ |
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Subject: Decadentism Description of subject: Decadentism is a late 19th-century literary and artistic movement characterized by aestheticism, sensuality, and a fascination with decay and moral decline.
Referenced by (69)
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