{"product_id":"symbolism-9783836520614","title":"Symbolism","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLand of symbols: Where myth, death, and desire reign\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was in France and Belgium, the cradles of literary Symbolism, that Symbolist painting was born. In the late 19th century, painters such as Gustave Moreau and Odilon Redon rejected realism, naturalism, and impressionism to express instead the emotion or idea. In place of Monet’s light-suffused landscapes or the frank working-class subjects of Courbet came \u003cstrong\u003eimaginary dream scenes of psychological, sexual, and mystical content\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis generously sized book explores the Symbolists’ rich pool of inspiration as they strove to express such charged experiences as \u003cstrong\u003elove, fear, anguish, death, sexual awakening, and unrequited desire\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through literature, the Bible, and Greek mythology, we see how the movement’s protagonists \u003cstrong\u003efused erudite references with personal and private significance\u003c\/strong\u003e in the restless pursuit of a feeling-laden form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith featured work from \u003cstrong\u003eEdward Burne-Jones, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Gustav Klimt, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon\u003c\/strong\u003e and many more, the book attests to the \u003cstrong\u003efavorite motifs as well as the stylistic variety of Symbolist practice\u003c\/strong\u003e. In one work we find muted washes of pastel color, in another ornate textural details. More than once, we encounter the virgin or femme fatale, Symbolism’s \u003cstrong\u003efemale archetypes\u003c\/strong\u003e par excellence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough this rich, sometimes obscure, but always evocative journey, we come to appreciate an \u003cstrong\u003eessential 19th-century movement\u003c\/strong\u003e which not only spawned disciples around the world, but also paved the way for some of the leading modernist developments.","brand":"Michael Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48295530365179,"sku":"9783836520614","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/symbolism-9783836520614","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}