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1. SYMBOLISM
in Art

2. Symbolism
• Symbolism refers to the use of symbols to
represent ideas or qualities, often conveying
deeper meanings beyond their literal
interpretation.
• It was a late nineteenth-century art movement
of French, Russian and Belgian
origin in poetry and other.

3. Symbolism
• The name “symbolist” itself was first applied
by the critic Jean Moréas, who invented the
term to distinguish the symbolists from the
related decadents of literature and of art.
• Symbolism was largely a reaction against
naturalism and realism.

4. Symbolism
• Albert Aurier gave the first definition of
symbolism as an aesthetic, describing it as
the subjective vision of an artist expressed
through a simplified and non-naturalistic
style.
• In 1891 an article on Paul Gauguin was
published hailing him as the leader
of symbolism.

5. Themes in Symbolist Art
love
fear
anguish
death
sexual awakening
unrequited desire

6. EXAMPLES

7. Oedipus and The Sphinx

8. Death and the Grave Digger
by Carlos Schwabe

9. The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch

10. The Anxiety (1894)
by Edvard Munch

11. "The Night" by Ferdinand Hodler

12. Caress of the Sphinx (1896)
by Fernand Khnopff

13. Island of the Dead (1880)
by Arnold Bocklin

14. The Dream (1883)
by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

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