A series of luminous essays on Renaissance artists and poets, famous for its “Conclusion” urging readers to burn with a “hard, gem-like flame.” Pater’s aestheticism — art for its own sake — became the gospel of the movement that shaped Oscar Wilde.
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1873 · Book · Public Domain
A series of luminous essays on Renaissance artists and poets, famous for its “Conclusion” urging readers to burn with a “hard, gem-like flame.” Pater’s aestheticism — art for its own sake — became the gospel of the movement that shaped Oscar Wilde.