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ID: 300178591
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300178591

 

Record Type: concept
art for art's sake (<historical, theoretical, and critical concepts>, <concepts in the arts and humanities>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: The concept emphasizes the autonomous value of art, and asserts that art does not need to serve an end, or need justification. It was a primary principle of the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century. Concept and phrase which was popularized, in French, as "l'art por l'art," by French philosopher Victor Cousin, in the 19th century.
 
Terms:
art for art's sake (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
l'art pour l'art (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
l'art pour l'art (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
l'art pour l'art (French-P,D,U,N)
為藝術而藝術 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
wèi yì shù ér yì shù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
wei yi shu er yi shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
wei i shu erh i shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
arte por el arte (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <concepts in the arts and humanities>
........ <concepts in the arts and humanities> (G)
Hierarchy of <historical, theoretical, and critical concepts>
............ <historical, theoretical, and critical concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of art for art's sake
................ art for art's sake (G)

Sources and Contributors:
為藝術而藝術............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
.................  藝術名詞與技法辭典 p. 29
arte por el arte............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.............................  Lucie-Smith, Diccionario de Términos de Arte (1997) 24
.............................  Willett, Arte Africano (1999) 164
art for art's sake............  [VP Preferred]
...................................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Art for art's sake (movement)
...................................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term - RILA - 2/90
...................................  Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986) 25
...................................  Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986)
...................................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 11
...................................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
...................................  Wiener, Dictionary of the History of Ideas (1973) Vol. 1, 109
l'art pour l'art............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Lützeler, Verklarend kunstwoordenboek (1982)
.............................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 11
.............................  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.............................  Wiener, Dictionary of the History of Ideas (1973) Vol. 1, 109
wei i shu erh i shu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
wei yi shu er yi shu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
wèi yì shù ér yì shù............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Lützeler, Verklarend kunstwoordenboek (1982)
............  RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) Aesthetic movement
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 27 May 2010
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 27 May 2010

 

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