art for art's sake
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