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17 ago 2020 · Il movimento estetico inglese, pur senza eccelsi risultati artistici, sembra più interessante proprio per la reazione al puritanesimo vittoriano. Padre dell'estetismo inglese è ritenuto Walter Pater; suo vero profeta è Oscar Wilde. Wilde concepisce il mondo come un palcoscenico su cui interpretare il ruolo di protagonista; con il ...
Oscar Wilde Life and works. Oscar Wilde, the son of a surgeon and of an ambitious literary woman, was born in Dublin in 1854. After attending Trinity College, he was sent to Oxford where graduated in Classics and then settled in London, where he soon became a celebrity for his wit and his manners.
Oscar Wilde's politics of Irish aestheticism is the instigator of an aesthetic possibility of life in the historical booklet of one's lived experience. But The Picture of Dorian Gray does not remain simply beautiful and the protagonist's life has been ruined to nothingness; therefore, the aim of this research was to problematise the aesthetic life being sought for by the characters.
Aestheticism In Oscar Wilde. The Aesthetic Movement, based on Conclusion written by Walter Pater, was the idea that all art should focus more on aesthetic value rather than experience and should focus only on the beautiful aspects of the world. Pater explains this movement as such: “Of this wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty ...
14 nov 2017 · Walter Pater (1839–1894) is best known for his phrase “art for art’s sake.”. In his insistence on artistic autonomy, on aesthetic experience as opposed to aesthetic object, and on experience in general as an ever vanishing flux, he is a precursor of modern views of both life and art. His subjectivist and “impressionistic” criticism ...
To some he is an idealist who saw the mind as the focal point of all aesthetic interactions. To others he is a materialist concerned with “extreme sensuousness.”1 Evidence and combined critical opinion suggest that Wilde’s aesthetics are both idealist and materialist. Wilde, an eager student of Hegel at Oxford, paraphrased the philosopher ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is the best-known literary example of aestheticism. It is also Wilde’s only novel. The book follows Dorian Gray, Lord Henry, and Basil Hallward. The former, Dorian, stops aging or showing signs of stress, despite the darker aspects of his personality.
