Download or read book European Aestheticism and Spanish American Modernismo written by K. Comfort and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo , this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery.