Stop 10: Symbolism: The Flowers of Evil
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Symbolism was a pan-European phenomenon that developed as a reaction to the ‘grubby truths’ of Realism. Gustave Moreau was an important precursor to the Symbolism movement, which included Odilon Redon.
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