Abstract

Aesthetics is an artistic movement that supports the emphasis of aesthetic values over other themes for literature, fine arts, music, and other arts. In other words, this movement was based on the principle that the pursuit of beauty and the enhancement of taste were the main purposes of art. The foundations of the aesthetic movement are considered to have been laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant. This was an anti-Victorian movement of post-romantic origin. This aestheticism used the concept of art for “sake” art. The original concept was léart pour léuart Attributed to the French novelist Théophile Gautier. This rejects the notion that art has a moral or ethical value and a didactic purpose. Followers of this movement believe that art should only be beautiful.