Light and Obscurity in Symbolism (Art, Literature and Music in Symbolism, Its Origins and Its)

The idea of light and darkness is one of the central ideas of the Symbolist movement, since this is a movement of contrasts. It encompasses the major themes of Symbolism, such as good and evil, beauty and ugliness, the visible and the invisible, and the divine and the earthly. This volume brings together a range of studies in order to understand the notion of light and darkness and a variety of its Symbolist interpretations. It also stresses the interdisciplinary nature of the concepts of light and darkness in Symbolism, as well as the cohabitation and symbiosis of both, which are together or separately at the core of this movement. Table of Contents 5 List of Illustrations 9 Introduction 21 PART ONE: Architecture and Stained Glass 29 Chapter One 30 Chapter Two 38 PART TWO: Visual Arts 55 Chapter Three 56 Chapter Four 73 Chapter Five 82 Chapter Six 107 PART THREE: Visual Arts, Literature and Philosophy 119 Chapter Seven 120 Chapter Eight 137 Chapter Nine 152 Chapter Ten 176 Chapter Eleven 195 Chapter Twelve 229 Chapter Thirteen 238 Chapter Fourteen 272 Chapter Fifteen 290 Chapter Sixteen 314 PART FOUR: Sculpture 325 Chapter Seventeen 326 Chapter Eighteen 347 PART FIVE: Literature 359 Chapter Nineteen 360 Chapter Twenty 368 Chapter Twenty-One 391 PART SIX: Music 403 Chapter Twenty-Two 404 Contributors 412 Edited By Rosina Neginsky And Deborah Cibelli. Includes Bibliographical References.