Digital Art in an artistic composition that is driven by technology for its creation. The inception of digital art can be traced back to the 1980’s, however with the development of technology and emergence of internet provided the artists with further creative freedom along with new ways to experience art. There can be many forms of digital art known to the world. It can be computer generated, scanned, or drawn using a tablet and a mouse. In recent times some digital art has become interactive allowing the audience a certain amount of control over the final image.
Symbolism was an artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19 th Century. The movement came into existence with an expression of an idea over the realistic description of the natural world. The term ‘symbolism’ was coined in 1886 by French critic Jean Moreas to describe the poetry of Stephane Mallarmi and Paul Verlaine. The concept of symbolism was incorporated in visual arts, to depict the natural world using symbols as metaphors. Symbolist artists aim to depict various forms of expressions and emotions using varied symbols. The work of symbolist artists and writers was also fueled by new psychological content particularly erotic and mystical. Common themes included: love, fear, anguish, death, sexual awakening and unrequited desire. Though the movement began in France, symbolism was an international avant garde movement that spread across Europe and America during the last two decades of the 19 th Century. The use of symbolism ...
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