description: Though the Symbolist heyday in Paris was short-lived, the movement had an influence on painting in both duration and geographical range. Important Symbolist painters were at work in places as remote from one another as Munch in Oslo, Klimt in Vienna, and the young Picasso in Barcelona. It is through Symbolism, too, that the relationship between the English painting of the later nineteenth century and what was taking place in Europe can be explained. Edward Lucie-Smith's important study throws light upon the origins of Modernism, and upon the development of painting and sculpture in the final years of the century. 185 illus., 24 in color.
language: English
title: Symbolist Art
titlecomplete: Symbolist Art (World of Art)
genres: Art History, History, Nonfiction, Art, Collections
ratings_count: 142
series: World of Art
publisher: Thames & Hudson