Symbolism

What is symbolism? A method of making a character or an action, a situation or a setting, stand for more than itself. ·<Tab/>What was the origin of symbolism, and how did it evolve? §<Tab/>romanticism §<Tab/>Wagnerian music-drama §<Tab/>Edgar Allen Poe §&…

…rusier, Emile Bernard, Maurice Denis, Paul Bonnard, Paul Ranson, Eduard Vuillard, and Henri Gabriel Ibels) and Paul Gaugin who were involved in set design and program notes for Théâtre D'Art. Also Gustave Moreau, James Ensor, Félicien Rops, Arnold BÖcklin, Gustave Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley. SECOND GENERATION SYMBOLISTS: Edward Gordon Craig, Adolphe Appia, Reinhardt, Meyerhold, Tairov, Evreinov, Marinetti, Ball, Tzara, Breton, Artaud