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SYMBOLISM
Art History
VYPRACOVAL: Mgr, Barbora, Kravcová
Jún 2014
„Moderné vzdelávanie pre vedomostnú spoločnosť/Projekt je
spolufinancovaný zo zdrojov EÚ“
CONTENT
New trents in 19 and 20th centuries
► Etymology
► Movement
► The manifesto
► Gustave Moreau
► Odilon Redon
► The Pre-Raphaelites
► Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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NEW TRENDS IN 19th & 20th CENTURIES
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Symbolism is a 19th-century
movement
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art became infused with exaggerated
sensitivity and a mysticism.
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continuation of the Romantic tradition,
Caspar David Friedrich and others.
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the Symbolists mined mythology and
dream imagery as a visual language of
the soul.
ETYMOLOGY
► The
name "symbolist" itself was first applied by
the critic Jean Moéas , who invented the term.
► The term "symbolism" is derived from the word
"symbol" which derives from the Latin symbolum,
a symbol of faith, a sign of recognition
MOVEMENT
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Symbolists believed that art should represent absolute
truths that could only be described indirectly.
they wrote or painted in a very metaphorical and
suggestive manner.
they choose particular images or objects with symbolic
meaning.
Jean Moréas published the Symbolist Manifesato.
Moréas announced that symbolism was hostile to
"plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality
and matter-of-fact description", and that its goal instead
was to "clothe the Ideal in a perceptible form" whose
"goal was not in itself, but whose sole purpose was to
express the Ideal"
THE MANIFESTO
► Jean
Moréas published the Symbolist Manifesato
in 1886 in the newspaer called Le FIGARO.
► It was said:that symbolism was hostile to "plain
meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and
matter-of-fact description„.
► Symbolist goal was to "clothe the Ideal in a
perceptible form" whose "goal was not in itself, but
whose sole purpose was to express the Ideal"
GUSTAVE MOREAU
(1826 - 1898)
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French Symbolist painter.
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known for his erotic paintings of mythological
and religious subjects.
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was famost for technical experiments,
including scraping his canvases
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His nonfigurative paintings: were done in a
loose manner using thick impasto
Moreau was called a herald of Abstract
expressionism.
Moreau's students: Henri Matisse and Georges
Roault.
ODILON REDON
(1840- 1916)
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French Symbolist painter, lithographer, and
etcher.
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Famous for his considerable poetic sensitivity and
imagination.
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His prints explore fantastic themes.
► Redon's work represents:
► an exploration of his internal feelings.
► He himself wanted to
"place the visible at the service
of the invisible”
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THE PRE-RAPHAELITES
Rossetti
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In 1848, as revolutions swept continental
Europe striving for social reforms.
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seven rebellious young artists in London
formed a secret society with the aim of creating
a new British art.
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They called themselves the Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood.
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the name indicates the chief source of their
inspiration.
Inspired by the literature, historical events and
mythology. E.g.: Shakespeare
Unhappy with the contemporary academic
trends.
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PRE-RAPHAELITE
BROTHERHOOD
Artists:
► was a group of English painters,
poets, and critics.
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founded in 1848 by William Holman.
John Everet Millais /Ophelia/
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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RE-CAP
SYMBOLISM
themes
Pre-Raphaelites
Main features?
SYMBOLISM
M……………….
Artists
Artistic views
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QUESTIONNAIRE
When was Symbolism formed?
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► What were Symbolists trying to achieve in their paintings?
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► Who was called a herald of Abstract expressionism?
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► Why were the group of artists called the
Pre-Raphaelites?
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► Who was the author o famous painting Ophelia?
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SOURCES
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http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/symbolism.html
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https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Symbolism_
%28arts%29.html
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/symb/hd_symb.htm
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https://www.google.sk/search?channel=sb&q=rosseti&rls=org.mozilla
:sk:official&tbm=isch&ei=Np-yU6HXGaij4gTq8IDgDw
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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/dante-gabriel-rossetti
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http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/millais_john_everett.html