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Myths and Mysteries - Symbolism and Swiss Artists (English edition)

Theme : Symbolism - Publisher Somogy - Hardcover - 352 pages - Text in English - Published in 02/05/2013

Born in the late nineteenth century, Symbolism was not a movement, but a state of mind and a constellation of artists who for over two decades would set Europe ablaze.

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Model 9782757205334
Artist Theme : Symbolism
Author Valentina Anker
Publisher Somogy
Format Hardcover
Number of pages 352
Language English
Dimensions 280 x 246
Technique(s) 316 illustrations
Published 02/05/2013
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Museum Kunstmuseum, Bern / Museo Cantonale d’Arte et Museo d’Arte, Lugano

Exhibition catalogue "Myths and Mysteries - Symbolism and Swiss Artists" at the Kusntmuseum Bern, Berne,(April 25 - August 18, 2013) and at the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and Museo d’Arte, Lugano (September 14, 2013 - January 12, 2014).

It brought together some of the period’s greatest artists – including Ferdinand Hodler, Arnold Böcklin and Carlos Schwabe in Switzerland, Giovanni Segantini in Switzerland and Italy, Odilon Redon in France, Gustav Klimt in Austria and Fernand Khnopff in Belgium – all of whom declared a fervent belief in mystery and the ideal, in spirituality and the exploration of the unconscious, and in the unity of the arts.

As they blurred the boundaries between music, dance, poetry and the visual arts, so they opened up the way to the great art movements of the twentieth century: Surrealism, Expressionism and abstraction.

This catalogue to the major exhibition curated by Valentina Anker for the Kunstmuseum Bern and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo d’Arte in Lugano, explores the most compelling themes of Swiss and European Symbolism, illustrating them with masterpieces from great private collections and the most prestigious museums and galleries, both in Switzerland and internationally.

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