Can't recall a philosophical term-- please help?

[deryk]

There is a specific terminology in poetry (or art in general) that I absolutely cannot remember.
I can't remember who coined the phrase or else I might have been able to search for it.

Essentially, it is a phrase that entails the necessity of the artist being enveloped in the lifestyles/culture of the times, the necessity of being a part of current events as opposed to isolation. It is a phrase that means: inhabiting the significance of the world around you for artistic betterment.

I wish I could remember who coined the phrase or the terminology itself.

Can anyone please help me? I'm dying to chase this down.

[cafolini]

I don't know or I don't remember. But it seems to be far more than philosophical. It would be impossible the other way around. Good one to keep in touch with.

[deryk]

I don't know or I don't remember. But it seems to be far more than philosophical. It would be impossible the other way around. Good one to keep in touch with.

I've been meditating on it and I think it might be from either Rimbaud or one of the Symbolists. I need to remember because I need the term to satisfy my ceaseless thinking.

[chrisvia]

Zeitgeist came to mind, but it doesn't cover the whole of your definition, particularly around the goal of artistic betterment. This will now plague my mind until there is an answer! It sounds a bit Hegelian....

[chrisvia]

Accidental post!

[deryk]

Zeitgeist came to mind, but it doesn't cover the whole of your definition, particularly around the goal of artistic betterment. This will now plague my mind until there is an answer! It sounds a bit Hegelian....

Ballpark, but no dice... I scoured Baudelaire's works of art criticism and couldn't locate it there last night. I'm almost certain it is from the latter 19th century or very early 20th century. Not much help, I realize.

[byquist]

"cultural milieu"?