21. And it wasn't confined to middle-aged esthetes trying to project an air of hip authority. 22. It is also credited with bringing more interest in animation as a serious art form . esthetes alike ". 23. In contrast, Bloom regards himself as a man without ideology, as " a pure esthete ." 24. Like many esthetes of his time, Arthur Shurcliff was fascinated with the decorative arts of 18th-century America. 25. As the esthete in the family, he was less than charitable when Gunderson produced two bunches of flowers from Safeway. 26. The headstrong Isabel Archer ( Nicole Kidman ) is driven to marry the scheming esthete Gilbert Osmond ( John Malkovich ). 27. It showed him that he himself was an " esthete " who had conceived of authorship as a form of enjoyment. 28. "There are not many film esthetes who have an excellent commercial sense, and he's one of them. 29. Unlike the English dandy-esthetes he knew in the 1930s, Kirstein was saved from dilettantism by a system of beliefs. 30. He added with a laugh, " I'm not a collector, I'm an esthete ."