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Wilde's education began at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, from which he obtained a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won the Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek and received a demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a Classical scholar, poseur, wit, and poet. In Oxford, he came under the influence of the writers Creator/JohnRuskin and Walter Pater. Pater taught him the doctrine of "Art for Art's sake", which eventually served as the core teaching of Aestheticism. Wilde set out to idolise beauty for beauty's sake, filling his rooms with blue china and reproductions of paintings by the likes of Creator/DanteGabrielRosetti and Edward Burne-Jones, declaring that beauty was the ideal after which everyone should strive. [[TheDandy He would also dress flamboyantly]], wearing a velvet coat edged with braid, knee-breeches, black silk stockings, a soft, loose shirt with a wide turn-down collar and a large flowing tie, which clashed with the upper middle class's more conventional fashion sense.

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Wilde's education began at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, from which he obtained a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won the Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek and received a demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a Classical scholar, poseur, wit, and poet. In Oxford, he came under the influence of the writers Creator/JohnRuskin and Walter Pater. Pater taught him the doctrine of "Art for Art's sake", which eventually served as the core teaching of Aestheticism. Wilde set out to idolise beauty for beauty's sake, filling his rooms with blue china and reproductions of paintings by the likes of Creator/DanteGabrielRosetti Creator/DanteGabrielRossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, declaring that beauty was the ideal after which everyone should strive. [[TheDandy He would also dress flamboyantly]], wearing a velvet coat edged with braid, knee-breeches, black silk stockings, a soft, loose shirt with a wide turn-down collar and a large flowing tie, which clashed with the upper middle class's more conventional fashion sense.
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Wilde's education began at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, from which he obtained a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won the Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek and received a demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a Classical scholar, poseur, wit, and poet. In Oxford, he came under the influence of the writers Creator/JohnRuskin and Walter Pater. Pater taught him the doctrine of "Art for Art's sake", which eventually served as the core teaching of Aestheticism. Wilde set out to idolise beauty for beauty's sake, filling his rooms with blue china and reproductions of paintings by the likes of Dante Gabriel Rosetti and Edward Burne-Jones, declaring that beauty was the ideal after which everyone should strive. [[TheDandy He would also dress flamboyantly]], wearing a velvet coat edged with braid, knee-breeches, black silk stockings, a soft, loose shirt with a wide turn-down collar and a large flowing tie, which clashed with the upper middle class's more conventional fashion sense.

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Wilde's education began at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, from which he obtained a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin, where he won the Berkeley Gold Medal for Greek and received a demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a Classical scholar, poseur, wit, and poet. In Oxford, he came under the influence of the writers Creator/JohnRuskin and Walter Pater. Pater taught him the doctrine of "Art for Art's sake", which eventually served as the core teaching of Aestheticism. Wilde set out to idolise beauty for beauty's sake, filling his rooms with blue china and reproductions of paintings by the likes of Dante Gabriel Rosetti Creator/DanteGabrielRosetti and Edward Burne-Jones, declaring that beauty was the ideal after which everyone should strive. [[TheDandy He would also dress flamboyantly]], wearing a velvet coat edged with braid, knee-breeches, black silk stockings, a soft, loose shirt with a wide turn-down collar and a large flowing tie, which clashed with the upper middle class's more conventional fashion sense.

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