art-for-art's-sakern.
/ˌɑːtfəɑːtˈseɪkə/, U.S. /ˈˌɑrtfərɑrtˈˌseɪkər/ A proponent of art for art's sake (art for art's sake n. at art n.1 Phrases 3).
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1903 Humane Rev. Jan. 321 If there ever was a modern author whose works the art-for-art's-sakers would accept, that author was William Morris.
1950 E. C. Pettet in Ess. & Stud. 3 45 The advocate of the ‘practical’ Shakespeare, allied on this occasion with the art-for-art's-saker, says [etc.].
1982 P. Green in Ovid Erotic Poems 411 His form and style are appropriate to his subject-matter, the charge against him fails by definition—a presumption that might appeal to art-for-art's-sakers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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