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Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French and Belgian origin. Symbolism was largely a reaction against Naturalism and Realism. Symbolist painting emphasized fantasy and imagination in their depiction of objects. Artists often used metaphors and symbols to suggest a subject and favored mystical themes. Edvard Munch and Odilon Redon are two famous Symbolists.   continue on wikipedia »