Dreams, myth, ornament

Symbolism & Art Nouveau

At the turn of the 20th century a different kind of image emerged — interior, emblematic, and charged. Symbolists painted the inner life and Art Nouveau carried that sensibility out into the applied arts. This block closes with a short moving-image piece.

5 walls · 11 pieces

The Kiss

Gustav Klimt · 1907–08

The Dream

Henri Rousseau · 1910

The Cyclops

Odilon Redon · c. 1914

The Scream

Edvard Munch · 1893

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
Simonides of Ceos, c. 500 BCE

Simonides of Ceos, c. 500 BCE