Decadence and dark dreams : Belgian Symbolism /
"Enigmatic magic, erotic sensuality and dark dreamworlds all characterise Symbolism, which evolved as an art current from the 1880s on - with Brussels advancing to become a centre of activity in the development of European art. The tendency towards the morbid and the decadent was most pronounce...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Munich :
Hirmer Verlag,
[2020]
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| Summary: | "Enigmatic magic, erotic sensuality and dark dreamworlds all characterise Symbolism, which evolved as an art current from the 1880s on - with Brussels advancing to become a centre of activity in the development of European art. The tendency towards the morbid and the decadent was most pronounced in Belgian Symbolism. Many of the impulses for this avant-garde came from Belgian artists, such as the disreputable Félicien Rops, the subtle Fernand Khnopff, the occult Jean Delville and the eccentric Léon Spilliaert and James Ensor."--back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, September 18, 2020-January 17, 2021. Artists include: Arthur Craco ; William Degouve de Nuncques ; Jean Delville ; Charles Doudelet ; Paul Dubois ; James Ensor ; Henri Evenepoel ; Émile Fabry ; Léon Frédéric ; Henry De Groux ; Fernand Khnopff ; Eugène Laermans ; Georges Le Brun ; Xavier Mellery ; Charles Mertens George Minne ; Constant Montald ; Émile Motte ; Jean-François Portaels ; Félicien Rops ; Victor Rousseau ; Juliette Samuel-Blum ; Léon Spilliaert ; Charles van der Stappen ; Théo Van Rysselberghe ; Antoine Wiertz. |
| Physical Description: | 335 page : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783777435244 3777435244 |