art for art's sake
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of French l’art pour l’art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. See the Wikipedia article for more.
Noun
[edit]art for art's sake (uncountable)
- (art, slogan) Art with no function; whose only purpose is beauty.
- Synonym: ars gratia artis
Translations
[edit]art, slogan
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