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SymbolismIn art, a loosely organized movement that flourished in the 1880s and '90s and was closely related to the Symbolist movement in literature. In reaction against both Realism and Impressionism, Symbolist painters stressed art's subjective, symbolic, and decorative functions and turned to the mystical and occult in an attempt to evoke subjective states of mind by visual means. Though aspects of Symbolism appear in the work of Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and the Nabis, its leading exponents were Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Though associated primarily with France, it flourished all over Europe, had great international impact, and influenced 20th-century art and literature. symbolism 1. a late 19th-century movement in art that sought to express mystical or abstract ideas through the symbolic use of images 2. Theol any symbolist interpretation of the Eucharist How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Philanthropic symbolist sculpture is the mode and people like Chris Cole, Duane Peters, Jeremy Wray, Chris Pastras, Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Erin Kirkpatrick, Jen O'Brien, Cab, Natas Kaupas, Robert Williams, Chris Miller, Markovich, Mountain, Senn, and Jodie Foster are also said to be involved in one form or another. The mystery of Verlaine -- who long ago changed his family name of ``Miller'' to the surname of the tortured 19th century French poet and symbolist Paul Verlaine -- is so pervasive, its maintenance apparently requires little effort from the man himself. Like Nietzsche before them, Russian Symbolists yearned for the return of choric art, infused with the imaginative potency of myth. |
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