Art for Art's Sake Definition
art for art's sake
English
Etymology
French l'art pour l'art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. Some argue Gautier was not the first to write those words. They appear in the works of Victor Cousin, Benjamin Constant, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Noun
art for art
's sake (uncountable)
- (art) (slogan) Art with no function, whose only purpose is beauty.
Synonyms
External links
- Art for art's sake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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