aestheticism

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Some writers and artists who initially championed boundary-pushing aestheticism later found a spiritual home in the Catholic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Yet Martelli’s detailed, beautiful frames aren’t signs of empty aestheticism.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

The 20-something Wilde had earlier perfected the delivery of his pronouncements — the slow enunciation, the casual hand gesture — while lecturing on aestheticism and home decoration in America.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

It is when it calls itself aristocracy or aestheticism or a superiority to the bourgeoisie that its inherent weakness has in justice to be pointed out.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)