Symposium is a platform of resources to support artists gathered in the pursuit of truth and beauty through symbols and light.
The Archive is a fully searchable digital image library of paintings focusing on academic and symbolism painters of the 19th century, as well as artworks beyond this movement displaying the same symbolic characteristics.
From simple searches, such as hand or horse, to subjects like Icarus or the Death of Patroclus, you’ll be able to study how a range of artists have approached the same subjects.
Symposium is dedicated to creating a high-quality, accurate-to-life catalogue, with up to date information on the artwork size, medium, location, and authorship.
Digital Accuracy
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Articles
The image archives will then serve as a resource for a series of articles analysing common technical and thematic patterns.
Resources
A fluency in any language requires good knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary. Likewise craft requires technique. Here we share courses and practical knowledge of how to improve your paintings in order to give the best voice to vision.
Philosophy
They held the belief that in these ancient stories, there lay a beauty that was relevant to their century’s struggles, and forged new ways for current audiences to connect to them.
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How the Symbolist painters of the fin de siècle feed into our philosophy.