The phrase 'art for art's sake'
condenses the notion that art has its own value and should be judged apart from
any themes which it might touch on, such as morality, religion, history, or
politics. It teaches that judgements of aesthetic value should not be confused
with those proper to other spheres of life. The idea has ancient roots, but the
phrase first emerged as a rallying cry in 19th century France, and subsequently
became central to the British Aesthetic movement. Although the phrase has been
little used since, its legacy has been at the heart of 20th century ideas about
the autonomy of art, and thus crucial to such different bodies of thought as
those of formalism, modernism, and the avant-garde. Today, deployed more
loosely and casually, it is sometimes put to very different ends, to defend the
right of free expression, or to appeal for art to uphold tradition and avoid
causing offense.
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