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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786248903321

Titolo

Symbolism, its origins and its consequences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rosina Neginsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-4438-2452-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (686 p.)

Classificazione

20.70

Altri autori (Persone)

NezhinskaiaRozina

Disciplina

704.946

Soggetti

Symbolism in art - History - Criticism and interpretation

Symbolism (Art movement) - History - Criticism and interpretation

West-Europa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE; PART III; CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO; CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE; CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR; CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of the symbol is at the root of the Symbolist movement, but this symbol is different from the way it was used and understood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In the Symbolist movement, a symbol is not an allegory. The Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck defined its essence in an article that appeared on April 24, 1887, in L'Art moderne. He wrote that the notion of a symbol in the Symbolist movement is the opposite of the notion of the symbol in classical usage: instead of going f...