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AESTHETIC MOVEMENT

The aesthetic movement was an art movement in the late 19th century which privileged the aesthetic value of literature, music and the arts. The formal motto of this period was “art for art’s sake” which meant art should be only concerned with giving pleasure and not with teaching anything. The movement originated in France around the 18s and was called Art nouveau ( → which was an international style of art, architecture, and applied art. The characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry and curves; it was popular during the Belle Époque period. In italy is called “style liberty”) Oscar Wilde was one of the writers of the aesthetic movement the other writers were: Gautier (who created the motto) , Huysmans with the novel “A Rebours” inspired by Dorian gray by Oscar Wilde, Thomas mann with “death in Venice” , D’Annunzio with “il piacere” (figure of the dandy = andrea sperelli). The movement goes against Victorian society. Oscar Wilde in this period creates the figure of the dandy , a man who often exalts beauty. ( dandy oscar wilde→ Dorian )

DORIAN GRAY -OSCAR WILDE

main characters:

• Basil Hallwar d: a famous painter. He is described as not attractive, but very much attracted to beauty. He paints Dorian's famous portrait
• Lord Henry Wotton: A dandy Witty, scrupleless, cruel. In the story he plays the part of the devil.
• Dorian Gray: represent the ideal of youth , beauty and innocence plot: The story is set in London at the end of the 19th century. The story starts with Dorian being painted by basil. After he meets lord wotton he starts worrying about the passing of time (because he’s attractive) and in front of his picture he pronounces the vow which represents, in a fustian way, the compact with the devil. He wishes the picture gets old while he stays untouched by old age, and so happens. At first he’s horrified but then he starts to enjoy life. At the age of 38 he gets bored because he spent a life entirely dedicated to pleasure and beauty (=figure of the dandy). he goes to see his picture and he is disgusted by himself and wishes he can unmake his vow or improve is morals, he tries doing something good to make the picture look better but it didn’t work. At the end Dorian tears the picture with a knife and ends with killing himself. The moral of the novel is that every mistake must be punished and there’s no escape from reality.

DE PROFUNDIS -OSCAR WILDE

De Profundis is a long letter that Oscar Wilde wrote, after being tried for homosexuality, to his partner, Alfred Douglas (also nominated “Bosie”), in 1897,during the period of his incarceration. in this letter he writes about all the events that happened since he started to hang out with boise, and also describes the selfishness of bosie.