SYMBOLISM

- Symbolism originated in France and it was part of a 19th century movement in which art became infused with mysticism.
-Thematically, the art of Symbolism developed as a countercurrent to Impressionism and the various forms of Naturalism.
- The term of symbolism means the systematic use of symbols or pictorial conventions to expres an allegorical meaning.
-The symbolist painters used these sybols from mytholugy and dream imagery for a visual language of the soul.
- Gustave Moreau's painting: