Symbolism

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art movement cultural movement literary movement

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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Symbolism canonical 517
European Symbolism 4
Symbolism (art movement) 2

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 (526)

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Post-Impressionism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Post-Impressionism → hasMovementSubtype → Symbolism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbolism (in painting)
The Old Guitarist → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Pre-Raphaelite art → influenced → Symbolism ⓘ
Pablo Picasso → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Gabriele D'Annunzio → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Modernism → associatedWith → Symbolism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symbolism (literature)
Musée d'Orsay → collectionFocus → Symbolism ⓘ
Expressionism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Expressionism → relatedMovement → Symbolism ⓘ
Cloisonnism → influenced → Symbolism ⓘ
Synthetism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Synthetism → relatedConcept → Symbolism ⓘ
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Paul Gauguin → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Émile Bernard → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Art Nouveau → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Georges Seurat → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Jules Laforgue → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Charles Baudelaire → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Brazilian modernism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Odilon Redon → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Blue Period → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Picasso's Blue Period → artMovement → Symbolism ⓘ
Aestheticism → influenced → Symbolism ⓘ
Surrealism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Belle Époque → hasPart → Symbolism ⓘ
Stéphane Mallarmé → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Simeon Solomon → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Evelyn De Morgan → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Akseli Gallen-Kallela → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
The Thinker → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Caspar David Friedrich → influenced → Symbolism ⓘ
Piet Mondrian → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
W.B. Yeats → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Gustave Moreau → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Claude Debussy → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Edward Burne-Jones → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Decadentism → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Le vergini delle rocce → literaryMovement → Symbolism ⓘ
Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e degli eroi → literaryMovement → Symbolism ⓘ
Gabriele Rapagnetta → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio
Émile Schuffenecker → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Émile Schuffenecker → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Intimism → relatedToMovement → Symbolism ⓘ
The Suitor → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Boris Pasternak → movement → Symbolism ⓘ
Secession style → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Stile Liberty → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ
Secession → influencedBy → Symbolism ⓘ