Symbolist Art: Beyond the Surface

Between the traditional academic and emerging modern art, new spiritual currents in European culture gave way to the Symbolism movement, primarily in poetry, and later in visual arts. Intro 00:58 Emergence of Symbolism in Europe 00:58 - 02:11 Subject-matter and Means of Expression 02:11 - 04:00 Artist in Symbolism 04:00 - 05:10 Relationship of the Sexes 05:10 - 06:19 Nature: Paradise and a Home to Dionysus 06:19 - 07:34 Exoticism in Symbolism 07:34 - 08:53 Dreams and Death 08:53 - 10:17 Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/what-is-symbolism-art/ - my article on which the video is based - Kingdom of the Soul: Symbolist Art in Germany, 1870-1920, Prestel Pub, 2000 - J. Hauptman, Beyond the Visible: The Art of Odilon Redon, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2005 - J. Rewald, Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961 - S. Wilson, Félicien Rops, 1833-1898. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 127, No. 991 (Oct. 1985), pp. 738-739 - Ellen Holtzman (1978) Félicien Rops and Baudelaire: Evolution of a Frontispiece, Art Journal, 38:2, 102-106, DOI: 10.1080/00043249.1979.10793480 - Gleis et al. Decadence and Dark Dreams: Belgian Symbolism, Hirmer, 2020