#aestheticism

• Art for art's sake — An aesthetic and philosophical doctrine that emerged in 19th-century France (l'art pour l'art), asserting that art possesses autonomous intrinsic value and should not be subordinated to any utilitarian, moral, political, didactic, or social function. Initially promoted by writers such as Théophile Gautier and later adopted by Parnassians and Symbolists, this concept holds that the only legitimate purpose of artistic creation is the attainment of pure beauty and perfection of form.
• Artism — An excessive or exclusive preoccupation with the formal, technical, and aesthetic aspects of art, often to the detriment of content or social function; exaggerated aestheticism. In literary and cultural criticism, the term characterizes the attitude or style of a creator prioritizing pure beauty and formal refinement beyond practical utility.