art for art's sake

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Etymology

Calque of French l’art pour l’art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. See the Wikipedia article for more.

Noun

art for art's sake (uncountable)

  1. (art, slogan) Art with no function; whose only purpose is beauty.
    Synonym: ars gratia artis

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