ART AND LIFE

Symbols and Symbolism

Ed Newman
4 min readJun 19, 2019

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It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being. — Thomas Carlyle

“Civil War” — Painting by the author.

In art history Symbolism was an actual movement in which pictorial means were used to convey allegorical meanings. Throughout history, however, artists have used symbols and symbolism, especially in religious iconography.

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Ed Newman

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