aestheticism

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Some writers and artists who initially championed boundary-pushing aestheticism later found a spiritual home in the Catholic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

It all looks effortless because the power is married to aestheticism, and there isn't an extra note in the composition.

From BBC • May 23, 2023

He constantly calls out his own distraction, teases at the borders between life and the work, between aestheticism and ethics.

From New York Times • May 5, 2020

Ruskin calls this a narrow asceticism; perhaps it was rather the result of a very subtle aestheticism.

From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur