SYMBOLISM


Communicating meaning through the thoughtful
selection of artistic motifs, a dimension often overlooked when the
emphasis is on technique, aesthetics, or style.  Through symbolic
thinking, the artist can explore the possibilities of a language not of
words, but things.  The parameters of art can also be approached
symbolically, such as in color symbolism, or the symbolism of
light or dark.



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1. Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2. Alchemical Symbol - Sulphur and Mercury
3. Pieter Claesz, Vanitas, 1630, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague
4. Pamela Colman Smith, The Fool (Tarot Illustration), 1909