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Partially born as a response to archaism, '''exoticism''' (''bistiṃrædani'') is a mostly literary movement – also influential in painting, much less so in other arts – that arose around the year 6055 and came to be the most successful artistic style by 6070, a position it retained until the social impact brought by the Industrial Revolution starting from 6110. Exoticist literature's main realization was the travel novel ('' | Partially born as a response to archaism, '''exoticism''' (''bistiṃrædani'') is a mostly literary movement – also influential in painting, much less so in other arts – that arose around the year 6055 and came to be the most successful artistic style by 6070, a position it retained until the social impact brought by the Industrial Revolution starting from 6110. Exoticist literature's main realization was the travel novel (''larṣatalša''), stories of travellers in quests for the unknown in far off lands just for the sake of seeing things never seen before. | ||
For most exoticist writers, the ultimate driving force of the plot was the aesthetic quality of beauty and, in many cases, it had a religious undertone: nature was the most beautiful of all things, and as such the plot revolved on reaching a marvellous place, but in some novels there are depictions of primitive human societies living on their own in harmony with the Yunyalīlti teachings. | For most exoticist writers, the ultimate driving force of the plot was the aesthetic quality of beauty and, in many cases, it had a religious undertone: nature was the most beautiful of all things, and as such the plot revolved on reaching a marvellous place, but in some novels there are depictions of primitive human societies living on their own in harmony with the Yunyalīlti teachings. | ||