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Aestheticism and decadence
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AESTHETICISM &
DECADENTISM
Presented by Marta Di Lello, Mirka Giobbi, Marianna Holz, Alessia Muzio
THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
- Reflects the sense of frustration of the artist and his needs
- What does the bohemian embody?
- James Whistler --> imported this doctrine in England
- Walter Pater --> theorist of this movement
THE AESTHETIC MOVEMENT
art for art's sake
"Art as the cult
of beauty"
art for art's sake
THE DECADENT MOVEMENT
- Peter's work has a deep influence on the poets the last part of the 19th century
- Oscar Wilde
- The Yellow Book
- Written by the Rhymer Club
- Reflects the decadent taste
- Aubrey Beardsley --> provides the illustrations and the black and white drawings
- It's an European movement
TYPICAL FEATURES OF DECADENT NOVELS
- Excessive attention to the self
- Hedonistic and sensual attitude
- Perversity in subject matter
- Disenchantment with contemporary society
- Evocative use of language
AESTETHIC AND DECADENT ASPECTS IN
"THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY"
Lord Henry
Basil
Dorian Gray
THE REBEL AND THE DANDY
THE REBEL AND THE DANDY
- Bourgeois artist
- Aristocrat
- His elegance is a symbol of his superiority
- Uses his wit to shock
- Individualist
- Demands freedom
- Looks for pleasure and is
interested in beauty
- No moral stance
PLOT
"Beauty ends where an intellectual expression begins"
VISUAL ANALYSIS
- The studio --> setting and foniture
- .... --> room and outside
- --> sight
- --> he won't sell the paint
- --> sounds
- --> paradoxes
- --> actions
- --> smell
- there --> statements
ANALYSIS
- 3rd person narrator
- We know about the character thanks to what they say
- Dorian Gray
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