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Symbolism (movement)

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Some artists like to use signs. They do not just show real things. They use art to show dreams. This helps us feel big ideas. It is like a fun puzzle.

Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der Vergessenheit (1889).jpg
Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der Vergessenheit (1889).jpg
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File:Henri Fantin-Latour - By the Table - Google Art Project.jpg
Henri Fantin-Latour - By the Table -...
File:Étienne Carjat, Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, circa 1862.jpg
Étienne Carjat, Portrait of Charles...
File:Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der Vergessenheit (1889).jpg
Eugen Bracht - Das Gestade der...
File:Félicien Rops - Pornokratès - 1878 (2).jpg
Félicien Rops - Pornokratès - 1878 (2).jpg
File:TheKnightAtTheCrossroads.jpg
TheKnightAtTheCrossroads.jpg
File:On the Edge of the Sea.jpg
On the Edge of the Sea.jpg
File:Waterhouse, John William - Saint Cecilia - 1895.jpg
Waterhouse, John William - Saint Cecilia...
File:Petrutxca de Fokine-1911.jpg
Petrutxca de Fokine-1911.jpg
File:Faragó, Géza - The Symbolist (1908).jpg
Faragó, Géza - The Symbolist (1908).jpg
File:Bussiere,Gaston - Salammbo, 1907.jpg
Bussiere,Gaston - Salammbo, 1907.jpg
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