Symbolist movement in art

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The Symbolist movement in art was a late 19th-century European artistic current that emphasized imagination, spirituality, and the evocation of ideas and emotions through symbolic imagery rather than direct representation of reality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Symbolism
art movement
cultural movement
aimsTo convey metaphysical ideas
express inner experience
suggest rather than describe
hasCharacteristic decorative stylization
emphasis on imagination
emphasis on spirituality
evocation of ideas and emotions
interest in dreams and the subconscious
literary references
mystical themes
rejection of naturalism
rejection of realism
use of symbolic imagery
hasMainRegion Europe
hasNotableArtist Arnold Böcklin
Carlos Schwabe
Edvard Munch
Fernand Khnopff
Franz von Stuck
Félicien Rops
Gustav Klimt
Gustave Moreau
Jan Toorop
Jean Delville
Max Klinger
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Odilon Redon
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
hasNotableCenter Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Russia
influenced Art Nouveau
Expressionism
Surrealism
early abstract art
modernist painting
influencedBy Decadentism
surface form: Decadent movement

Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Romanticism
mysticism
mythology
relatedTo Decadent literature
Symbolist literature
startTime late 19th century
typicalSubject allegorical figures
dreamlike landscapes
femme fatale archetype
mythological scenes
religious visions
usesTechnique decorative line
flattened pictorial space
non-naturalistic color

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Symbolist Manifesto subject Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: Symbolist movement
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this entity surface form: Symbolist movement
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes influenced Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: Symbolist painters
Ker-Xavier Roussel influencedBy Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: Symbolist art
The Kiss influencedBy Symbolist movement in art
subject surface form: The Kiss (Munch painting)
this entity surface form: Symbolist literature
The Smiling Spider associatedWith Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: Symbolist movement
Paul Valéry influencedBy Symbolist movement in art
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Paul Claudel influencedBy Symbolist movement in art
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Edgar Maxence partOf Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: French Symbolist movement
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen influencedBy Symbolist movement in art
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Théodore Chassériau influenced Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: Symbolist painters
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Voyelles associatedWith Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: French Symbolist movement
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Ioannis associatedWith Symbolist movement in art
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this entity surface form: French Symbolist movement
Stances associatedWith Symbolist movement in art
this entity surface form: French Symbolist movement
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