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THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT - Coggle Diagram
THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
ORIGIN
The Aesthetic Movement developed in the universities and intellectual circles in the end of 19th century
Gautier(French writer and poet) in France
ENGLISH AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
ORIGIN
Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)
Walter Pater (1839-94)
Theorist of the English Aesthetic Movement
He rejected religious faith
Reaction to the utilitarian philosophy of the Industrial revolution and Victorian respectability and morals
Deep influence on the poets and writers of the 1890s, especially Oscar Wilde
Art was the only means to stop time, the only certainty
FEATURES
attention to the self
language of the senses
hedonistic attitude
people have the right to get as much pleasure as possible
well-being based on pleasure and suffering
ART FOR ART'S SAKE
the French artists 'escaped' into aesthetic isolation
withdrew from the political and social scene
protest against life style of victorian's middle class
follow art and beauty
search only pleasure
TASK OF THE ARTIST
to feel sensation
to pay attention to beauty
transcriber of the sense of the world