symbolist
Speech parts
1. symbolist - Noun
2. symbolist - Adjective
Meaning
One who employs symbols.
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Alan Sheridan, p. 84. A Symbolist novella - Urien and his companions set sail on the fabulous ship Orion to mythological lands, to the stagnant sea of boredom, and to the icy sea.
Debussy was heavily influenced by the French symbolist movement of the 1880s, which encompassed poetry, visual art, and theatre.
He also built on the realist tradition of Henrik Ibsen in his exploration of the individual’s conflict with society but also borrowed Symbolist and expressionist techniques from Bertolt Brecht and others.
Debussy's elusive Symbolist drama is one of the most significant operas of the 20th century.
In Russia, the symbolist painter Pavel Kuznetsov and the Blue Rose art group (1906–1908) used blue to create a fantastic and exotic atmosphere.
Frida Kahlo 's Symbolist works also relate strongly to Surrealism and to the Magic Realism movement in literature.