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Symbolism emerged in the second half of the 19th century, mainly in Catholic European countries where industrialisation had developed to a great degree. Starting as a literary movement, Symbolism was soon identified with a young generation of painters who wanted art to reflect emotions and ideas rather than to represent the natural world in an objective way, united by a shared pessimism and weariness of the decadence in modern society.

symbolism represented a shift towards introspection within both literature and visual arts during its heyday in Europe’s industrialized nations around the end of 19th century—a reaction against materialistic values brought about by rapid modernizatio
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