唯美主义 / 唯美主義

wéi​měi​zhǔ​yì

aestheticism

A late-19th-century European literary and artistic movement that promoted "art for art's sake"; it holds that beauty is the only purpose of art, which should remain free from social, moral, or practical concerns.

唯美 (literal) → 唯美 · wéi​měi · aestheticism 主义 (literal) → 主义/主義 · zhǔ​yì · -ism; doctrine

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