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The Nightmare (1781), by Johann Heinrich Füssli, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. Symbolism, understood as a means of expression of the "symbol", that is, of a type of content, whether written, sonorous or plastic, whose purpose is to transcend matter to signify a superior order of intangible elements, has always existed in art as a human manifestation, one of whose qualities has always ...
Art and writing of the Symbolism movement of the late 19th century. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ...
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.
Paintings of the Symbolism movement — an very early Modern art movement of the late 19th century. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Religious symbol, an iconic representation of a religion or religious concept Buddhist symbolism, the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma; Christian symbolism, the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity; Symbols of Islam, the use of symbols in Islamic literature, art and architecture
Symbolism (arts) (5 C, 23 P) Astrology (14 C, 35 P) C. Crossroads mythology (1 C, 9 P) L. ... List of plants with symbolism; Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer; R. Symbolic ...
Scroll (art) Sebka; Seeblatt; Sheela na gig; Skull and crossbones; Solomon's knot; Speech scroll; Star and crescent; Starburst (symbol) Strapwork; Sunburst; Swastika; Swastika (Germanic Iron Age) Symbols of the Rurikids
Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology is the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1 ] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2 ]