定义:[1]"Asloganmeaningthatthebeautyofthefineartsisreasonenoughforpursuingthem—thatartdoesnothavetoservepurposestakenfrompolitics,religion,economics,andsoon."
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[2]"Artforart'ssake"istheusualEnglishrenderingofaFrenchsloganfromtheearly19thcentury,''l'artpourl'art'',andexpressesaphilosophythattheintrinsicvalueofart,andtheonly"true"art,isdivorcedfromanydidactic,moralorutilitarianfunction.Suchworksaresometimesdescribedas"autotelic",fromtheGreekautoteles,“completeinitself”,aconceptthathasbeenexpandedtoembrace"inner-directed"or"self-motivated"humanbeings.[维基]