Word: aestheticism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Religion," he said, "is not primarily a matter of beliefs but a blend of aesthetic and moral attitudes." His opponent claimed that these "attitudes" could not exist without beliefs.
The most startling work in the group, apart from aesthetic considerations, is his pen drawing, "The White General," dated 1919. Standing against a background of human misery and brutality, is an exact representation of the Nazi of World War H--complete with Storm Trooper helmet and swastika insignia. Grosz saw...
In the more modern picture there is hardly enough dancing to whet the appetite. To make matters worse for the "Barkleys" Ginger Rogers took her interim foray in serious acting so serious as to attempt to portray Sarah Berahardt reading the Marseillaise. This is about the aesthetic equivalent of Jimmy...
If Mr. Coles has a theory of aesthetics, it apparently is one which admits the moral content of a work of art to be a valid basis for criticizing it. There are several schools of theory ensconced in this opinion; one of them centers in Moscow. I do not share...
Fighting his way back to the cool present. Vag felt as though some one had just taken away his popcorn at the start of a double feature. The library had to close but time was of no matter to him. Neither was thought, and be dwelt deliciously on the experience...