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A look at the history behind the symbolism of green and its various pigments in the National Gallery's collection.

By Evie Hatch

Symbolism was a late 19th-century French literary movement which influenced the visual arts. The literary branch can be traced back to Baudelaire and Rimbaud. The principal philosophy of the movement was that ideas could be expressed symbolically...

The instruments of the Passion are a set of objects used to symbolise the Passion, that is the sufferings and death of Jesus. They include: CUP: a symbolic cup, for his suffering, also the cup in which his redeeming blood is caught COLUMN: to wh...

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.