Symbolism

Symbolism or symbolist may refer to:

Arts

• Symbolism (arts), a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism
  • Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  • Russian symbolism, the Russian branch of the symbolist movement in European art
• Symbol, something that represents, stands for or suggests an idea, belief, action, or entity
• Color symbolism, the use of colors within various cultures to express a variety of symbolic meanings

Religion

• Religious symbol, an iconic representation of a religion or religious concept
  • Buddhist symbolism, the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma
  • Christian symbolism, the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity
  • Symbols of Islam, the use of symbols in Islamic literature, art and architecture
  • Jewish symbolism, a visible religious token of the relation between God and man

Science

• Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
• Symbolic system, a system of interconnected symbolic meanings
• Solar symbol, a symbol which represents the Sun in psychoanalysis, symbolism, semiotics, or other fields

See also

• Symbolic representation (disambiguation)
• Symbolic (disambiguation)
• Symbology (disambiguation)
• Symbol (disambiguation)
• Realism (arts)
• Naturalism (arts)
• Representationalism
• All pages with titles containing Symbolism