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 game the rivals play is beautiful, Cathedral coach Arturo Torres said, because of its aestheticism.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
Really, there’s nothing pure about either cinema — a hybrid art form stamped from birth with the mark of commerce — or cinephilia, which combines lofty aestheticism with more visceral, less respectable forms of delight.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
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
The gilded god of materialism is lavishing its blessings in the realm of science and invention and commercial enterprise, at the expense of aestheticism, till to-day there are thousands of artisans to every artist.
From A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece by Given, Charles Stewart
