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Aesthetic Movement (Late 19th Century)


Aesthetic Movement
Term used to describe a movement of the 1870s and 1880s that manifested itself in the fine and decorative arts and architecture in Britain and subsequently in the USA. Reacting to what was seen as evidence of philistinism in art and design, it was characterized by the cult of the beautiful and an emphasis on the sheer pleasure to be derived from it. In painting there was a belief in the autonomy of art, the ... (view more)

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Artists Associated with Aesthetic Movement — 16 artists:

Aubrey Beardsley
Sir Max Beerbohm
Edward Burne-Jones
Jean Delville
Fernand Khnopff
Gustav Klimt
Lucien Levy-Dhurmer
Gustave Moreau

William Morris
Armand Point
Charles de Sousy Ricketts
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Alexandre Seon
Simeon Solomon
Franz von Stuck
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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