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Symbolist Art in Context

Paperback • 2009 • English

Symbolist Art in Context

By Michelle Facos

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The Symbolist art movement of the late nineteenth century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. But because Symbolism, more than the two movements it links, emphasizes ideas over objects and events, it has suffered from vague and conflicting definitions. In Symbolist Art in Context, Michelle Facos offers a clearly written, comprehensive, and accessible description of this challenging subject. Reaching back into Romanticism for Symbolism's origins, Facos argues that Symbo...Show more

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9780520255821

Publisher

Univ of California Press

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Symbolist Art in Context

Format

Paperback

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