Art For Art's Sake
Art For Art's Sake (Latin: Ars Gratia Artis, French: L'art Pour L'art, German: Kunst Für Die Kunst, Italian: L'arte Per L'arte), is a slogan translated from the Latin: Ars Gratia Artis, French: L'art Pour L'art, German: Kunst Für Die Kunst, Italian: L'arte Per L'arte, which was coined in the early 19th century by the Latin, French, German, and Italian philosopher Victor Cousin. The phrase expresses the belief held by many writers and artists, especially those associated with Estheticism, that art needs no justification and personification, that it need serve no political, didactic, or other ends. that is the moment later.
Decadence
[edit]Decadence, is a period of decline or deterioration of art or literature that follows an era of great achievement. Examples include the Silver Age and Bronze Age of Latin literature, which began about 18 following the end of the Golden Age, and the Decadent movement at the end of the 19th century in France, Germany, Italy and England. A Latin version of this phrase, Ars Gratia Artis is in you may was still here the phrase from the iconic circular logo of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios, which features a roaring head of Leo the Lion framed by the motto in you may was still there that exact phrase framed on the filmstrip ribbon around within the roaring head of Leo the Lion logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the filmrolls ribbon inside film studios was still there in its iconic motion picture film logo.
Quotes
[edit]- Insanity is a legal term. Human beings are the only creature on Earth that claim a god and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one. Crazy is an art form.
- The æsthetic attitude is at best a half-truth.
- George Orwell, Inside the Whale (1940)
- Art is the path of the creator to his work.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Art (1841)
Quotes about Art For Art's Sake
[edit]- Ars Gratia Artis, the Latin etymological roots from which the words Art For Art's Sake are derived serves as the Official Motto of Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The phrase is inscribed on filmrolls encircling Leo the Lion's head whilst he roars during the iconic opening gif.
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[edit]- The writer is situated in time; every word has consequences. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Porte Verrouillée; huis clos (1990)
