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The Symbolist art movement of the late nineteenth century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. This book argues that Symbolism enabled artists to confront an increasingly uncertain and complex world - one to which pessimists responded with themes of decadence and degeneration and optimists with idealism and reform.

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"The book contains a great deal of useful information and will prove a valuable textbook." Burlington Magazine "This book offers a straightforward definition of Symbolism as the starting point for investigating a complex and imprecisely understood art movement." Nordicum-Mediterraneum

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Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Symbolist Art? 1 Beginnings 2 Precursors 3 Decadence and Degeneration 4 Idealism, Religion, and Reform 5 Contested Gender 6 National Romanticism 7 Promoting Symbolist Art 8 Symbolist Currents in the Twentieth Century Notes Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

Symbolist Art in Context

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 31 March 2009
      ISBN-13 9780520255821
      978-0520255821
      ISBN-10 0520255828
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      History of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Symbolist art movement of the late nineteenth century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. This book argues that Symbolism enabled artists to confront an increasingly uncertain and complex world - one to which pessimists responded with themes of decadence and degeneration and optimists with idealism and reform.

      Trade Review
      "The book contains a great deal of useful information and will prove a valuable textbook." Burlington Magazine "This book offers a straightforward definition of Symbolism as the starting point for investigating a complex and imprecisely understood art movement." Nordicum-Mediterraneum

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Symbolist Art? 1 Beginnings 2 Precursors 3 Decadence and Degeneration 4 Idealism, Religion, and Reform 5 Contested Gender 6 National Romanticism 7 Promoting Symbolist Art 8 Symbolist Currents in the Twentieth Century Notes Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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