Meanings
nounart for art's sake (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounArt with no function; whose only purpose is beauty.
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Origin
- Frenchl'art pour l'art
- Englishart for art's sake
Calque of French l'art pour l'art, a phrase credited to Théophile Gautier. See the Wikipedia article for more.
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Czech umění pro umění
- umění pro uměníart, slogan
Finnish taide taiteen vuoksi
- taide taiteen vuoksiart, slogan
French l'art pour l'art
- l'art pour l'artart, slogan
German Kunst um der Kunst willen, l'art pour l'art
- Kunst um der Kunst willenart, slogan
- l'art pour l'artart, slogan
Hungarian művészet a művészetért, öncélú / önmagáért való művészet
- művészet a művészetértart, slogan
- öncélú / önmagáért való művészetart, slogan
- l'art pour l'artart, slogan
Japanese 芸術のための芸術
- 芸術のための芸術 (geijutsu no tame no geijutsu)art, slogan
Korean 예술지상주의
- 예술지상주의 (yesuljisangjuui)art, slogan
Latin ars gratiā artis
- ars gratiā artisart, slogan
Polish sztuka dla sztuki
- sztuka dla sztukiart, slogan
Portuguese arte pela arte
- arte pela arteart, slogan
Romanian artă de dragul artei
- artă de dragul arteiart, slogan
Russian иску́сство ра́ди иску́сства
- иску́сство ра́ди иску́сства (iskússtvo rádi iskússtva)art, slogan
Spanish el arte por el arte, arte por el arte
- el arte por el arteart, slogan
- arte por el arteart, slogan
Swedish konst for konstens skull
- konst for konstens skullart, slogan
Cite this entry
APA
art for art's sake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20for%20art's%20sake
MLA
“art for art's sake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20for%20art's%20sake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “art for art's sake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20for%20art's%20sake.
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