art for art's sake
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of French l’art pour l’art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. See the Wikipedia article for more.
Noun[edit]
art for art's sake (uncountable)
- (art, slogan) Art with no function; whose only purpose is beauty.
- Synonym: ars gratia artis
Translations[edit]
art, slogan
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Further reading[edit]
- art for art's sake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia