Към началото на естетизма
Towards the Beginning of Aesthetism

Summary/Abstract: The proposed article is an effort explore theoretically the roots and resources of aesthetism. Aesthetism, evolving from romanticism has developed into a strong and fruitful cultural and artistic movement. Aestheticising life and its conceptualization as a pure aesthetic phenomenon is one of the basic themes in aestheticism. The ritual attitude towards beauty underlines the basic theses of aestheticism — the ideal is superior to life itself, beauty is above everything, there is no place for moral and immoral in the world of the beautiful. The article deals with the emblematic figure of aesthetism — Oscar Wilde.

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