The Symbolist Roots of Modern Art

By Elizabeth Otto and Thor J Mednick

Book Overview

The essays collected here, which consider artists from France to Russia and Finland to Greece, argue persuasively that Symbolist approaches to content, form, and subject helped to shape twentieth-century Modernism. Well-known figures such as Kandinsky, Khnopff, Matisse, and Munch are considered alongside lesser-known artists such as Fini, Gyzis, Koen, and Vrubel in order to demonstrate that Symbolist art did not constitute an isolated moment of wild experimentation, but rather an inspirational point of departure for twentieth-century developments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472419626
• ISBN13: 9781472419620
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"