First applied to the poems of St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9 and Paul Verlaine in 1886, the term \u201csymbolist\u201d was soon applied to the visual arts where a realistic depiction of the natural world gave way to imaginary dream scenes of psychological, sexual, and mystical content.<\/p>\n
Symbolism was a broad international phenomenon but particularly present in France, where painters such as Gustave Moreau and Odilon Redon turned their backs on realism, naturalism, and impressionism to populate their canvases with esoteric, often erotic, visions. In place of Monet\u2019s light-suffused landscapes or the frank working-class subjects of Courbet, the Symbolists turned to figures from literature, the Bible, and Greek mythology to express experiences of love, fear, anguish, death, sexual awakening, and unrequited desire.<\/p>\n
With featured work from Edward Burne-Jones, Puvis de Chavannes, Gustav Klimt, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon and many more, this book introduces Symbolism\u2019s great reach, intensity, and influence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First applied to the poems of St\u00e9phane Mallarm\u00e9 and Paul Verlaine in 1886, the term \u201csymbolist\u201d was soon applied to the visual arts where a realistic depiction of the natural world gave way to imaginary dream scenes of psychological, sexual, and mystical content. Symbolism was a broad international phenomenon but particularly present in France, where…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4522],"product_tag":[159,1146,154,524],"class_list":["post-16383","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-en","product_tag-art-movements-en","product_tag-great-masters-en","product_tag-monographs","product_tag-painting-en","pa_author_att-norbert-wolf-en","pa_cover-hardcover","pa_format-21-x-26-cm-en","pa_isbn-9783836507066-en","pa_language-eng","pa_pages-96-en","pa_published-2016-07-15-en","pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","first","outofstock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n