Art in a Desacralized World

Art in a Desacralized World
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Download or read book Art in a Desacralized World written by Mary Rita Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The dissertation examines the theory of 'l'art pour l'art' ["art for art's sake"] practiced and expounded by five nineteenth century writers: Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, Théophile Gautier, Walter Pater, and A.C. Swinburne."--The Abstract, l.2.


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