r/Symbolism

945 archived posts · Aug 2013 – Sep 2026

“And in this strange and symbolic nature…”

r/Symbolism

Journey into a whole distant world of the postromantic and postimpressionistic Symbolist, Parnassian, and Decadent movements of the arts: literary, visual, and musical, of the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries; which once flourished all over the world. All are encouraged to share and as discuss all media of art, including (and especially) their own. Please go to r/Symbology if you wish to identify or discuss symbols outside of artistic contexts.

Created Sep 11, 2009

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This subreddit is not for the identification and discussion of symbols in general. For this, please head to r/Symbology.

Journey into a whole distant world of appreciators of the postimpressionistic Symbolist movement of the arts: visual, musical, and literary, of the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries; which flourished all over Europe. All are encouraged to share as well as discuss all mediums of art, including (and especially) their own.

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The subreddit (somewhat inappropriately) deals with the following movements:

Decadence
Impressionism (to an extent)
Parnassianism
Romanticism (to an extent)
Symbolism

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