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.

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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

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Referenced by (526)

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Christian Morgenstern movement Symbolism
The Sick Child movement Symbolism
The Dance of Life genre Symbolism
The Kiss movement Symbolism
subject surface form: The Kiss (Munch painting)
Redon movement Symbolism
subject surface form: Odilon Redon
The Cyclops movement Symbolism
Russian Futurism influencedBy Symbolism
Closed Eyes genre Symbolism
Closed Eyes movement Symbolism
The Smiling Spider movement Symbolism
Russian avant-garde inspiredBy Symbolism
Death in the Sickroom genre Symbolism
Death in the Sickroom movement Symbolism
Vampire genre Symbolism
Vampire movement Symbolism
Gustav Vigeland movement Symbolism
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt movement Symbolism
subject surface form: The Kiss (Gustav Klimt)
Judith by Gustav Klimt movement Symbolism
Georges Rouault movement Symbolism
Manuel Bandeira influencedBy Symbolism
Joseph Stella influencedBy Symbolism
The Monolith artMovement Symbolism
Composition II influencedBy Symbolism
Jules isAssociatedWithMovement Symbolism
subject surface form: Jules Laforgue
Camille Falte movement Symbolism
subject surface form: Odilon Redon
French literature hasMovement Symbolism
Dorothea Tanning influencedBy Symbolism
Giorgio de Chirico movement Symbolism
Paul Éluard movement Symbolism
Bertrand-Jean movement Symbolism
subject surface form: Odilon Redon
Love in Autumn movement Symbolism
Mary Evelyn Pickering movement Symbolism