Art as a Means of Reforming Culture: An Experience of Symbolism (Part 1)

Abstract. The article researches the artistic movement of Symbolism (mainly in literature) and analyzes its role in the development of Russian culture, in the actualization of interest to the East and medieval art. The connection of Russian symbolism with the European philosophy of Romanism and existentialism is traced.

Keywords. Art, culture, literature, symbolism, romanticism, philosophical grounds.

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