Symbolism or symbolist may refer to:
Arts
Symbolism (arts), a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism
Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries Russian symbolism, the Russian branch of the symbolist movement in European art Symbol, something that represents, stands for or suggests an idea, belief, action, or entity Color symbolism, the use of colors within various cultures to express a variety of symbolic meanings
Religion
Religious symbol, an iconic representation of a religion or religious concept
Buddhist symbolism, the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma Christian symbolism, the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity Symbols of Islam, the use of symbols in Islamic literature, art and architecture Jewish symbolism, a visible religious token of the relation between God and man
Science
Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society Symbolic system, a system of interconnected symbolic meanings Solar symbol, a symbol which represents the Sun in psychoanalysis, symbolism, semiotics, or other fields
See also
Symbolic representation (disambiguation) Symbolic (disambiguation) Symbology (disambiguation) Symbol (disambiguation) Realism (arts) Naturalism (arts) Representationalism