aesthetic school; aestheticism
Refers to a late 19th-century European literary and artistic movement emphasizing beauty over social or moral themes, or its Japanese followers.
Writers of the aesthetic school pursued beauty for its own sake.
His works show a strong influence of aestheticism.
From 耽美 (tanbi, 'aestheticism, devotion to beauty') + 派 (ha, 'school, faction'). The term 耽美 itself is a Japanese coinage combining 耽 (tan, 'to indulge in') and 美 (bi, 'beauty').