Symbolism
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Symbolism is the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.[1] A symbol is an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself.
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[edit] Arts
- Symbolism (arts) or Symbolist, a 19th-century artistic movement rejecting Realism
[edit] Religion
Main article: Religious symbolism
- Buddhist symbolism
- Christian symbolism
- Hindu symbolism
- Islamic symbolism
- Jain symbolism
- Jewish symbolism
- Sikh symbolism
- Solar symbols
[edit] Science
[edit] See also
- Realism (arts)
- Realist visual arts
- Naturalism (arts)
- Representationalism
- The Treachery of Images
- Vexillology
[edit] References
- ^ "symbolism." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 01 Jan. 2012. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/symbolism>.
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