English artistic movement of the late 19th century, dedicated to the doctrine of ‘art for art's sake’ – that is, art as a self-sufficient entity concerned solely with beauty and not with any moral or social purpose. Associated with the movement were Eliel Saarinen in Finland, Gerrit Rietveld in the Netherlands, Rob Mallet Stevens in France, Victor Horta in Belgium, Henry Van de Velde in Belgium and Antonio Gaudí in Catalonia, Spain