Art for Goodness Sake: A Chestertonian Critique of Art for Art’s Sake

The Chesterton Review 45 (1/2):123-127 (2019)
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Abstract

Many Christian thinkers have embraced the notion “art for art’s sake.” Chesterton did not. To the contrary, he saw such an idea as deeply problematic for a Christian aesthetic. In the following article, I will explore some philosophical aspects of the “art for art’s sake” movement and then explain why Chesterton parted company with it.

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Miguel Benitez
State College of Florida

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