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'''Humanistic Aestheticism''' was formed by [[England|English]] essayist Walter Pate and [[Oscar Wilde]] as [[aesthetics]] which is more concerned with the individual, the self, than with popular movements like [[Industrialism]] or [[Capitalism]]. In their view art was not meant to instruct and should not concern itself with social, moral, or political guidance.  Another tenet of [[humanist]] aestheticism is that the artist’s life was even more important than any work that he produced; his life was to be his most important body of work.

'''Humanistic Aestheticism''' was formed by [[England|English]] essayist Walter Pate and [[Oscar Wilde]] as [[aesthetics]] which is more concerned with the individual, the self, than with popular movements like [[Industrialism]] or [[Capitalism]]. In their view art was not meant to instruct and should not concern itself with social, moral, or political guidance.  Another tenet of [[humanist]] aestheticism is that the artist’s life was even more important than any work that he produced; his life was to be his most important body of work.

Oscar Wilde was a leader in promoting the [[aestheticism]] movement near the end of the [[Nineteenth Century]]. Wilde was influenced as a college student by the works of the English poet and critic [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]] and the American writer [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. He advocated freedom from moral restraint and the limitations of society. This point of view contradicted contemporary Victorian conventions.

Oscar Wilde was a leader in promoting the aestheticism movement near the end of the Nineteenth Century. Wilde was influenced as a college student by the works of the English poet and critic Algernon Charles Swinburne and the American writer [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. He advocated freedom from moral restraint and the limitations of society. This point of view contradicted contemporary Victorian conventions.

The most important of Wilde’s critical works, published in May 1891, is a volume titled ''Intentions''. It consists of four essays: “The Decay of Lying,” “Pen, Pencil and Poison,” “The Critic as Artist,” and “The Truth of Masks.”

The most important of Wilde’s critical works, published in May 1891, is a volume titled ''Intentions''. It consists of four essays: “The Decay of Lying,” “Pen, Pencil and Poison,” “The Critic as Artist,” and “The Truth of Masks.”