poetism

noun

1. (uncountable)An avantgarde approach to art introduced by Karel Teige in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s in reaction to the prevailing proletarian art, encouraging lyricism and an epicurean attitude.

   “And it should be pointed out that poetism is less harmful to poetry than scientism, because although it may make a poetic text seem cranky or pretentious, it will not denature it.”

   “Poetism was intoxicated with life, with its sensuality and lyricism, and for the most part poetism ignored life's darker aspects.”

   “Embracing poetism represented a definite departure of the Devétsil generation from proletarian art and consequently also a "breakup" with the official line of the Communist Party.”

   “Poetism was intended to be more of a “new aesthetic and philosophical attitude” and an “art of living”.”

   “In Czechoslovakia, the artistic avantgarde that flourished in the interwar years was composed of two streams, poetism dominating the artistic scene until the early thirties, and surrealism which became the major force by 1934.”