Symbolist Journal

The Psyche Story

Apuleius’s fairy tale of the victory of innocence over jealousy and desire.

Toward a New Definition of Symbolist

Trying to make a clear definition of the Symbolist Movement is a frustrating endeavor. In terms of expressive intent, artists like Gustave Klimt, Ferdinand Knnopff, Arnold Broecklin, can seem very far away from the English Pre-Raphaelite painters like John Waterhouse, Lord Leighton, and Arnold Hacker. How does some one like John E. Millais, arguably a […]