Aestheticism Notes

Europe; 18oos.

"Art for the Sake of Art" v Didactic Purposes

Influenced by:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848--Victorian Period).

Elevating beauty above all else.
Sensuous details.

Asthetic Distance
1] attempting "objective" perspective between author & work, illusion
2] w/reception theory, the curiosity between "then/now" readings


Wow--I thought I had something to say to this.