Russian Symbolism

Symbolism in art has been used by painters for centuries and has been refined over the years to become an art form unto itself. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Symbolism had become both an intellectual and an artistic movement throughout Europe and Russia, taking on a more mystical nature and incorporating the intuitive qualities of music, especially in literature and painting.

Видео Russian Symbolism канала Musings on Art by Cathy Locke