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Art for Art’s Sake

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Art for art's sake separates art from practical purposes such as politics, morality, and religion, treating “the beauty of art itself” as the sole absolute value. With the French “l'art pour l'art (art for art's sake)” as its ideal, it originated in 19th-century Europe. Tokushima Modern Art Museum 💡 Main characteristics and history of art for art’s sake Absolutizing beauty: Art is considered an end in itself rather than a means of moral justification or conveying lessons. Historical background: spread in the mid-19th century, chiefly among literary figures such as Baudelaire and Théophile Gautier, as a reaction against rationalism and materialism brought by the Industrial Revolution. Development in Japan: It was also imported into Meiji-period Japan, strongly reflected particularly in early works by writers such as Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichiro Tanizaki as an attitude pursuing beauty's ultimate heights. Related Japanese ideas about art In Japan from the modern period onward, the spirit of art for art's sake developed and changed in various forms. Shirakaba school: valued individual emotions and artistic values alongside humanitarianism. Taro Okamoto of “Art is an explosion”: He rejected practicality and beauty (prettiness, comfort), advocating art as a means of burning one's life.

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