芸げい術じゅつ至し上じょう主しゅ義ぎ

noun

art for art's sake

Aesthetic doctrine that art should be valued for its own sake, not for moral, political, or utilitarian purposes. Often used in discussions of 19th-century European movements and their influence.

• 彼かれは芸げい術じゅつ至し上じょう主しゅ義ぎの立たち場ばから、商しょう業ぎょう的てきな作さく品ひんを批ひ判はんした。

  From the standpoint of art for art's sake, he criticized commercial works.

• 19世せい紀き末まつのヨーロッパでは、芸げい術じゅつ至し上じょう主しゅ義ぎが盛さかんに議ぎ論ろんされた。

  In late 19th-century Europe, art for art's sake was widely debated.