Alien religion
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| - | '''Fantastic art''' is an [[art]] [[genre]]. The parameters of fantastic art have been tentatively defined in the scholarship on the subject ever since the 19th century. | + | |
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| - | Fantasy has been an integral part of art since its beginnings, but has been particularly important in [[mannerism]], [[magic realism|magic realist]] painting, [[romantic art]], [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]], [[surrealism]] and [[lowbrow (art movement)|lowbrow]]. In French, the genre is called le [[fantastique]], in English it is sometimes referred to as ''visionary art'', ''grotesque art'' or [[mannerism|mannerist art]]. It has had a deep and circular interaction with [[fantasy literature]]. | + | |
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| - | Fantastic art explores fantasy, "space fantasy" (a sub-genre which incorporates subjects of [[alien mythology]] and/or [[alien religion]]), imagination, the [[dream state]], the [[grotesque]], [[vision]]s and the [[uncanny]], as well as so-called "[[Goth]]" art. Being an inherent genre of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Symbolism]], modern fantastic art often shares its choice of themes such as [[mythology]], [[occultism]] and [[mysticism]], or lore and folklore, and generally seeks to depict the [inner life] (nature of soul and spirit). | + | |
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