symbolist work
C17796
concept
A symbolist work is an artistic or literary creation that uses evocative symbols, metaphors, and suggestive imagery to express inner emotions, spiritual realities, or abstract ideas rather than depicting external reality directly.
Observed surface forms (14)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| symbolist painting | 41 |
| symbolist artwork | 10 |
| symbolist drama | 10 |
| symbolist play | 7 |
| symbolist poem | 5 |
| Symbolist artwork | 4 |
| Symbolist poem | 2 |
| symbolist opera | 2 |
| Symbolist drama | 1 |
| symbolic painting | 1 |
| symbolist artwork series | 1 |
| symbolist decorative panels | 1 |
| symbolist literature | 1 |
| symbolist poetry | 1 |
Instances (93)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Hanneles Himmelfahrt | symbolist drama |
| Ill Omen or Destiny | symbolist artwork |
| Girl in the East Wind with Ravens Passing the Moon | symbolist painting |
| Les Complaintes | — |
| L’Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune | — |
| Judith by Gustav Klimt | Symbolist artwork |
| The Cyclops | symbolist painting |
| Ophelia Among the Flowers | symbolist painting |
| The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity | symbolist artwork |
| Guardian Spirit of the Waters | symbolist painting |
| Portrait of Violette Heymann | symbolist painting |
| Closed Eyes | symbolist painting |
| The Smiling Spider | Symbolist artwork |
| L’Après-midi d’un faune | symbolist poem |
| The Sleepers and the One that Watcheth | symbolist painting |
| The Soul’s Prison House | symbolist painting |
| Aurora Triumphans | symbolist painting |
| The Gilded Cage | symbolist painting |
| Night and Sleep | symbolist painting |
|
Flora
surface form:
Flora (painting)
|
symbolist artwork |
| The Aino Triptych | symbolist artwork |
| Ad Astra | symbolist painting |
| The Apparition | symbolist painting |
| Jupiter and Semele | symbolist painting |
| The Young Man and Death | symbolist painting |
| The Tree of Life | symbolist painting |
| The Three Ages of Woman | symbolist painting |
| Nuda Veritas | symbolist painting |
| Le Bateau ivre | Symbolist poem |
| The Drunken Boat | symbolist poem |
| Le Cœur volé | symbolist poem |
| L’Oiseau bleu | symbolist play |
| Les Aveugles | symbolist play |
| L’Intruse | symbolist play |
| La Mort de Tintagiles | symbolist play |
| Serres chaudes | — |
| Stances | symbolist poetry |
| The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses | symbolist painting |
| The Poor Fisherman | symbolist painting |
|
Hope
surface form:
Hope (painting)
|
symbolist painting |
| Inter Artes et Naturam | symbolist painting |
| I Lock My Door Upon Myself | symbolist painting |
| The Caresses | symbolist painting |
| Portrait of Marguerite Khnopff | symbolist painting |
| Memories | symbolist painting |
| Masks Confronting Death | symbolist painting |
|
symbolist novella Scarlet Sails
surface form:
Scarlet Sails
|
symbolist literature |
| The Ghost Sonata | symbolist play |
| The Questioner of the Sphinx | symbolist painting |
| The Cup of Death | symbolist painting |