Lost Paradise: Symbolist Europe
Catalog of an exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 8 - October 15, 1995
Chief curator: Jean Clair

A massive book, with 100s of illustrations

Symbolism spanned a clearly defined period, from September 18, 1886, the date of Jean Moréas's manifesto, to 1905, the year of the first manifestations of the new "avant-garde" movements. Caught between the end of Naturalism and the start of our own era of modernity, Symbolism was like Janus: looking back towards the past with a nostalgia that unexpectedly revived a host of divinities, angels, and heroes ...

Hardcover, very good condition. Minimal wear. 

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9 1/2" x 12 1/2 " (about 25 x 32 cm) 554 pages