Publication

2009-03-31 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

66,250 words, Guess

Page Count

265 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780520254992
  • Open LibraryOL26797708M

Classifications

  • LCCN6465.S9 F33 2009

Description

"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 Symbolism enabled artists (including Munch and Gauguin) 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."--Amazon.

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