Please read
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Chapters X-XII (pp. 86-112). Review the four tenets of
The Decay of Lying (see brief list below - visit previous
Aestheticism post for full details) and apply it to the first 12 chapters of the novel. I look forward to your responses.
1) Art never expresses anything but itself.
2) All bad art comes from returning to Life and Nature, and elevating them into ideals.
3) Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.
4) Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
