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"Sonata of the Sea. Finale" (1908) by Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Alexandre Benois's illustration to "The Bronze Horseman"

"The death of the gravedigger" by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of symbolist motifs. Death and angels, pristine snow, and the dramatic poses of the characters all express symbolist longings for transfiguration "anywhere, out of the world."

The cover to Aleksander Blok's 1909 book, Theatre. Konstantin Somov's illustrations for the Russian symbolist poet display the continuity between symbolism and Art Nouveau artists such as Aubrey Beardsley.