| 释义 |
art for art's sakeUsed to convey the idea that the chief or only aim of a work of art is the self-expression of the individual artist who creates it.Ruskin's pre-Raphaelitism, for example, which stressed the moral purpose of art, contrasted Pater's aestheticism, which promoted the idea of art for art's sake....- English cultural commentators have recently speculated that this hostility is more widespread, and that there is a deep historical and cultural resistance to the very idea of art for art's sake in Scotland.
- It's an odd looking movie that embraces the idea of art for art's sake.
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