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 game the rivals play is beautiful, Cathedral coach Arturo Torres said, because of its aestheticism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Really, there’s nothing pure about either cinema — a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce — or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022

The 20-something Wilde had earlier perfected the delivery of his pronouncements — the slow enunciation, the casual hand gesture — while lecturing on aestheticism and home decoration in America.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

Nor did I think it likely that she would have crammed her rooms with those products of the east which are imported into this country by house furnishers with reputations for aestheticism.

From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.