Symbolism | Literary, Visual Cultural Impact | Britannica Symbolism, a loosely organized literary and artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19th century, spread to painting and the theatre, and influenced the European and American literatures of the 20th century to varying degrees
SYMBOLISM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SYMBOLISM is the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations