Synopses & Reviews
Emerging from Romantic traditions in France during the late-nineteenth-century, artistic Symbolism was more a philosophy that explored mysticism, mythology, and metaphysics than a style of work. Its practitioners filled their canvases with dreamlike images as they attempted to convey a message as much as create a picture.
This superb collection of art cards features haunting works by 22 symbolist painters, among them The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli; The Cyclops, by Odilon Redon; Edvard Munch's Jealousy; Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx; as well as works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Gustav Klimt, Fernand Khnopff, George Frederick Watts, and others.
Ideal for adding to a personal collection, these masterworks in miniature are ideal for sending brief messages to anyone who admires symbolist art.
Synopsis
Filled with dreamlike images that explored mysticism, mythology, and metaphysics, Symbolist works of art emerged from Romantic traditions. This collection of masterworks in miniature features haunting works by Edvard Munch, Gustave Moreau, Henry Fuseli, Gustav Klimt, and 18 other leading Symbolist painters.
Table of Contents
William Blake The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun
Arnold Böcklin War
Walter Crane The Horses of Neptune (detail)
Jean Delville The Love of Souls
Maurice Denis The Muses in the Sacred Wood
Henry Fuseli The Nightmare
Paul Gauguin Loss of Virginity
Ferdinand Hodler Day 1
Ferdinand Hodler The Chosen One
Fernand Khnopff Art, or The Sphinx, or The Caresses
Gustave Klimt The Sirens
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer The Gust of Wind
Sir John Everett Millais Ophelia
Gustave Moreau Oedipus and the Sphinx
Gustave Moreau Galatea
Edvard Munch Jealousy
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Young Girls at the Seaside
Odilon Redon The Cyclops
Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Bower Meadow
Carlos Schwabe The Grave-Digger's Death
Jan Toorop Fate
Elihu Vedder Memory
George Frederick Watts Hope
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Young Girl with Almond Blossoms