Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. [historical, theoretical, and critical concepts]

Anotations

Scope note:

The concept emphasizes the autonomous value of art, and asserts that art does not need to serve an end, or need justification. It was a primary principle of the Aesthetic Movement of the late 19th century. Concept and phrase which was popularized, in French, as "l'art por l'art," by French philosopher Victor Cousin, in the 19th century.