Symbolist Art in Context (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520255821)

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.

Author: Michelle Facos
ISBN-10: 0520255828
ISBN-13: 9780520255821
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2009
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2009