KnowraArt for art's sakeLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Art for art's sake, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 1Related 10Compared with 6Abstract artRelated: Abstract art has frequently been associated with this defense of art's independence.AestheticismRelated: This slogan condensed Aestheticism’s claim that artistic value could stand apart from utility.Decadent movementRelated: It offered a direct challenge to demands that literature teach virtue or social duty.Théophile GautierRelated: Gautier became a leading French advocate of this doctrine, especially in the preface to Mademoiselle de Maupin.ParnassianismRelated: It underpins the Parnassian preference for artistic autonomy.Walter PaterRelated: Pater’s criticism helped give this principle intellectual force in Victorian Britain.James McNeill WhistlerRelated: Whistler’s public defense of autonomous art became closely associated with this principle.Leconte de LisleRelated: This principle underpins the Parnassian resistance to poetry as personal confession or propaganda.Théodore de BanvilleRelated: Banville’s emphasis on poetic craft aligns with this nineteenth-century aesthetic ideal.Afanasy FetRelated: Fet’s poetry became a prominent example in disputes over literature’s social duties.