Symbolism

Symbolism or symbolist may refer to:

Arts

Symbol, or (artistic or literary) symbolism, the use of something concrete to represent something abstract (an idea, belief, emotion, etc.)
- Color symbolism, the use of colors within various cultures to express a variety of symbolic meanings
Symbolism (movement), a 19th-century artistic movement rejecting Realism
- Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Russian symbolism, the Russian branch of the symbolist movement in European art

Religious symbol, an iconic representation of a religion or religious concept
- Buddhist symbolism, the use of Buddhist art to represent certain aspects of dharma
- Christian symbolism, the use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity
- Symbols of Islam, the use of symbols in Islamic literature, art and architecture
- Jewish symbolism, a visible religious token of the relation between God and man

Symbolic anthropology, the study of cultural symbols and how those symbols can be interpreted to better understand a particular society
Symbolic system, a system of interconnected symbolic meanings
Solar symbol, a symbol which represents the Sun in psychoanalysis, symbolism, semiotics, or other fields