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Symbolism VS naturalism & realism
No! to gritty honest truth!
Mysterious figures - History and Literature
1. Write a small introduction to the Symbolist movement. Consider things like: When it happened - what was going on in Europe at that time? Which art movements it followed, what their style was, why they used symbols etc
Spirituality - Imagination - Dreams
Symbols have been important to artists from the very earliest times. They often represent an idea or quality, for example the colour white usually stands for ? and the lion makes us think of ?
Because works of art don't usually include words, symbols are used in order to tell the viewer a message or even a story. When we look at a painting, we probably miss most of its meaning.
Symbolists believed that art should represent absolute truths (?) that could only be described indirectly (?) Thus, they painted in a very metaphorical (?) and suggestive (?) manner, giving particular images or objects a symbolic meaning.
2. Print off Symbolist paintings or cut them out of task sheet 1, stick into your book and annotate with information that you have been given..... or worked out on your own!
3. Relate it to your FMP theme: write a list of symbols you could use to connect meaning to your theme (ask me for advice here, or someone in the class, or the internet)
4. Plan, sketch, and create a picture in your sketch book that contains these symbols, and that you can relate to your subject / theme.
5. Show the links, annotate, describe, use expressive language, show off your outstanding knowledge!
What do colours represent?
What do objects in nature represent?
What are they trying to make you feel?