"art for art's sake" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Calque of French l’art pour l’art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. See the Wikipedia article for more. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|l'art pour l'art}} Calque of French l’art pour l’art Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} art for art's sake (uncountable)
  1. (art, slogan) Art with no function; whose only purpose is beauty. Wikipedia link: Art for art's sake#History, Théophile Gautier Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: ars gratia artis Related terms: pure art for art's sake applied Translations (art, slogan): umění pro umění (Czech), taide taiteen vuoksi (Finnish), l’art pour l’art [masculine] (French), arte pola arte (Galician), Kunst um der Kunst willen [feminine] (German), l'art pour l'art (German), művészet a művészetért (Hungarian), öncélú / önmagáért való művészet (Hungarian), l'art pour l'art (Hungarian), 芸術のための芸術 (geijutsu no tame no geijutsu) (Japanese), 예술지상주의 (yesuljisangjuui) (Korean), ars gratiā artis [feminine] (Latin), уметност заради уметност (umetnost zaradi umetnost) (Macedonian), sztuka dla sztuki [feminine] (Polish), arte pela arte [feminine] (Portuguese), artă de dragul artei [feminine] (Romanian), иску́сство ра́ди иску́сства (iskússtvo rádi iskússtva) (Russian), el arte por el arte (Spanish), arte por el arte (Spanish), konst for konstens skull (Swedish)

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