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AESTHETICISM AND DECADENCE - Coggle Diagram
AESTHETICISM AND DECADENCE
began
with Théophile Gautier
in France
origins:
John Keats
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English Aesthetic movement
reflected
the artist's reaction against the moral code of the bourgeoisie
the artist's need to redefine the role of art
the need to produce "ART FOR ART'S SAKE"
the bohemien
led an unconventional existence
cultivated art and beauty
pursued sensation and excess
WALTER PATER
the main theorist of the movement
Studies in the history of the Renaissance
immediate success with the young people
Marius the Epicurean
rejected religious faith
art as the only means to halt the time
life should be lived as a WORK OF ART
artist's task:
to feel sensations and be the transcriber of the sense of the world
not to be didactic because art has no reference to life
influenced
OSCAR WILDE
The group of artists met in the Rhymers' Club
The yellow book
, a decadent periodical (1894-97)
decadent
refers to the decline of recognised values
FEATURES OF AESTHETIC WORKS:
hedonostic and sensuous attitude
perversity
disenchantment with contemporary society
excessive attention to the self
evocative use of language