art for art's sake

English

Etymology

French l'art pour l'art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. Some argue Gautier was not the first to write those words. They appear in the works of Victor Cousin, Benjamin Constant, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Noun

art for art's sake (uncountable)

1. (art, slogan) Art with no function, whose only purpose is beauty.

Translations

art, slogan

• French: l'art pour l'art (fr)
• German: Kunst um der Kunst willen (de) f, l'art pour l'art (de)
• Latin: ars gratiā artis (la) f

• Macedonian: уметност заради уметност (mk) (úmetnost záradi úmetnost)
• Swedish: konst for konstens skull (sv)

Synonyms

• ars gratia artis

External links

• Art for art's sake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia