Symbolism
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Symbolism was a late 19th-century artistic and literary movement that emphasized dreams, emotions, and ideas through metaphorical and often mystical imagery rather than direct representation.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| European Symbolism | 1 |
| Symbolism (art movement) | 1 |
| Symbolism (in painting) | 1 |
| Symbolism (literature) | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emphasis on dreams
ⓘ
emphasis on emotions ⓘ emphasis on ideas ⓘ interest in spirituality ⓘ interest in the occult ⓘ rejection of naturalism ⓘ rejection of realism ⓘ suggestive rather than descriptive representation ⓘ use of metaphorical imagery ⓘ use of mystical imagery ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| hasField |
decorative arts
ⓘ
literature ⓘ music ⓘ theatre ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Aestheticism
ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ Decadentism ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent movement
Expressionism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
correspondences between senses
ⓘ
subjective experience ⓘ suggestion over statement ⓘ synesthesia ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Arthur Rimbaud
ⓘ
Aubrey Beardsley ⓘ Charles Baudelaire ⓘ Edvard Munch ⓘ Fernand Khnopff ⓘ Gustav Klimt ⓘ Gustave Moreau ⓘ Jean Moréas ⓘ Joris-Karl Huysmans ⓘ Maurice Maeterlinck ⓘ Odilon Redon ⓘ Paul Gauguin ⓘ Paul Verlaine ⓘ Pierre Puvis de Chavannes ⓘ Stéphane Mallarmé ⓘ W.B. Yeats ⓘ
surface form:
W. B. Yeats
|
| hasKeyText | Symbolist Manifesto ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
fin de siècle
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
naturalism
ⓘ
realism in art ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aestheticism
ⓘ
surface form:
Aesthetic movement
Decadentism ⓘ
surface form:
Decadent movement
|
Referenced by (89)
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Symbolism (art movement)
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Symbolism (literature)
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Symbolism (in painting)
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European Symbolism