Henri Dorra, in his comprehensive new book, presents the
development and the aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in
art and literature. Included are writings (many never before
translated or reprinted) by artists, designers, architects, and
critics, along with Dorra's learned commentary. Fifty photographs
of symbolist works complement his encyclopedic coverage. Dorra
traces symbolism and its roots from artist to artist and critic to
critic from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The
decorative arts and architecture are examined as well as painting
and sculpture. The Arts and Crafts movement, art nouveau, the work
of Eiffel in France, and that of Sullivan in the United States are
well represented. The close relations between symbolist poets and
artists are reflected in the chapter on literary developments.
Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, and Mallarme are here, but so, too,
are writers less well known. A section on the post-impressionists
and the "artists of the soul" rounds out Dorra's rich and varied
text, and his Epilogue lays the groundwork for what was to follow
symbolism. Here Dorra discusses, on the one hand, the new trend
toward abstraction and the related development of formalist
criticism and, on the other, the new stress on interplay between
the tangible and the intangible, fact and dream, that eventually
led to surrealism. Dorra beautifully integrates the different
aesthetic branches of symbolism, the different media, and national
variations, without ever losing sight of the whole. The historical
context provided makes this a particularly appealing collection for
students and scholars of art history and literature, as well as for
anyone interested inthe evolution of symbolism.
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