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
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Mary Evelyn Pickering movement Aesthetic movement
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Hope in a Prison of Despair movement Aesthetic movement
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John Roddam Spencer Stanhope movement Aesthetic movement
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Nocturnes by James McNeill Whistler movement Aesthetic movement
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Victorian art influenced 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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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
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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
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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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