Which expression most accurately describes the late 19th-century aesthetic movement that deepened the divide between artists and general audiences, laying the foundation for modernism?

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art created for intellectual purposesart produced to honor the divineart designed to appeal to the general publicart valued solely for its own beautynone of the above

Explanation

The phrase 'art for art’s sake' encapsulates the late 19th-century aesthetic movement’s focus on art’s intrinsic beauty rather than its social or moral message. This approach distanced artists from the broader public and contributed to the emergence of modernism.