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.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Symbolist movement | 8 |
| French Symbolist movement | 5 |
| Symbolist art | 3 |
| Symbolist painters | 3 |
| Symbolism (art movement) | 1 |
| Symbolism in art | 1 |
| Symbolist literature | 1 |
| Symbolist movement in art canonical | 1 |
| Symbolist painting | 1 |
| Symbolist visual arts | 1 |
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Target entity: Symbolist movement in art Context triple: [Émile Bernard, participantIn, Symbolist movement in art]
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Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement that evolved from Impressionism and is characterized by more expressive color, symbolic content, and formal experimentation by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
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Expressionism
Expressionism is an early 20th-century modernist art movement characterized by the intense, subjective distortion of reality to convey emotional experience rather than physical accuracy.
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Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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Arts and Crafts movement
The Arts and Crafts movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century design and social reform movement that championed traditional craftsmanship, simple forms, and the use of natural materials as a reaction against industrial mass production.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Symbolist movement in art Target entity description: 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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A.
Surrealism
Surrealism is a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to unlock the unconscious mind and depict dreamlike, illogical scenes to challenge rational thought and conventional reality.
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B.
Post-Impressionism
Post-Impressionism was a late 19th-century art movement that evolved from Impressionism and is characterized by more expressive color, symbolic content, and formal experimentation by artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
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Expressionism
Expressionism is an early 20th-century modernist art movement characterized by the intense, subjective distortion of reality to convey emotional experience rather than physical accuracy.
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Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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Arts and Crafts movement
The Arts and Crafts movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century design and social reform movement that championed traditional craftsmanship, simple forms, and the use of natural materials as a reaction against industrial mass production.
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Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Symbolism
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art movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
convey metaphysical ideas
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express inner experience ⓘ suggest rather than describe ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
decorative stylization
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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
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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
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Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| influenced |
Art Nouveau
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Expressionism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ early abstract art ⓘ modernist painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Decadentism
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surface form:
Decadent movement
Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Romanticism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Decadent literature
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Symbolist literature ⓘ |
| startTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| typicalSubject |
allegorical figures
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dreamlike landscapes ⓘ femme fatale archetype ⓘ mythological scenes ⓘ religious visions ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
decorative line
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flattened pictorial space ⓘ non-naturalistic color ⓘ |
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Subject: Symbolist movement in art Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (25)
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