Haute Symbolism
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Pornokratès
Etching (heliogravure) · Félicien Rops
Completed in 1878, Pornokratès, also titled Lady with Pig, is the canonical work of Belgian decadence and Félicien Rops's most reproduced image. A nude woman walks blindfolded across a stone parapet,
The Apparition
Watercolor · Gustave Moreau
Completed in 1876, Moreau's The Apparition is the central image of French Haute Symbolism and the most famous of the artist's many Salomé works. Salomé stands centre, jeweled and tense, while the dise
I Lock My Door Upon Myself
Painting (oil on canvas) · Fernand Khnopff
Painted in 1891, I Lock My Door Upon Myself is the defining canvas of Belgian Symbolism and one of the foundational images of late nineteenth-century European decadence. The title is borrowed verbatim
The Isle of the Dead
Painting (oil on canvas) · Arnold Böcklin
Böcklin painted five versions of this image between 1880 and 1886. The repetition is the first thing to notice. He did not work on the picture, sell it, and move on; he made it again, then again, then
