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Symbolist painters - Definition and Overview |
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Symbolist painters were part of a 19th century movement in which art became infused with mysticism, and by the closely allied Symbolist movement in literature. It was a continuation of the Romantic tradition, which included such artists as Caspar David Friedrich and John Henry Fuseli.
The Symbolist painters mined mythology and dream imagery for a visual language of the soul, seeking evocative paintings that brought to mind a static world of silence. More a philosophy than an actual style of art, they influenced the contemporary Art Nouveau movement and Les Nabis. In their exploration of dreamlike subjects they are also precursors of the Surrealists, some of whom might be best explained as Symbolism plus Freud.
The leading Symbolists included:
External link
The Symbolist Gallery at ArtMagick (http://www.artmagick.com/default.aspx): http://www.artmagick.com/gallery/symbolism.aspx
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Example Usage of Symbolist |
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jtessmer: Just spent a couple of hours perusing mid to late 19th century American Symbolist painters while listening to Fugues. Feeling cultivated? |
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europeanhistory: Potrait of Dorian Gray and Death in Venice embodied a new Symbolist direction in literature which addressed themes which were ignored before |
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DerekDaSilva: @KylerCoy no that would be tripped out French Symbolist posie |
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