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  1. Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism. In literature, the style originates with the 1857 publication of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.

  2. Bibliography. Symbolist painting. Jupiter and Semele (1894–1895), by Gustave Moreau, Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris. Symbolist painting was one of the main artistic manifestations of symbolism, a cultural movement that emerged at the end of the 19th century in France and developed in several European countries.

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  4. Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realism. Quick Facts Years active, Location ... Close.

  5. Show more ... Art movement Symbolism: all artists list. Find a list of greatest artists and collections associated with Symbolism at Wikiart.org – the best visual art database.

  6. Movement. The Symbolist Manifesto. Symbolists believed that art should aim to capture more absolute truths which could only be accessed by indirect methods. They wrote in a highly metaphorical and suggestive manner, endowing particular images or objects with symbolic meaning.

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