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Art in 19th century Europe

Symbolism & Art Nouveau

Art in 19th century Europe

Symbolism & Art Nouveau

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Symbolism & Art Nouveau

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Böcklin, Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle
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Gaudí, Sagrada Família
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Gaudí, Sagrada Família
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Khnopff, Jeanne Kéfer
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Khnopff, I Lock My Door Upon Myself
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Khnopff, I Lock the Door Upon Myself (essay)
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Stuck, The Sin
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Hector Guimard, Cité entrance, Paris Métropolitain
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Gustav Klimt, Beethoven Frieze
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Gustav Klimt, The Kiss
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Klimt, Death and Life
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Munch, The Storm
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Munch, The Scream
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Léon Bakst, "Costume design for the ballet The Firebird"
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Tiffany, Hair Ornament
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Vase
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Practice

Klimt's The Kiss
4 questions
Symbolism and Art Nouveau
17 questions

About this unit

Brought to you by Smarthistory. By the 1880s artists such as Klimt, Khnopff, and Stuck turned from the academies and focused on the interior self by exploring dreams, myth and death.