symbolist

(eg. hindu, sign, metaphor )

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(n) a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
(n) someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols

In that same period Emile Bernard has languished in the shadow as a second-rate symbolist.
Indeed, in its consummate wedding of text to music, the work Usher most closely resembles is Debussy's only completed opera, the shadowy symbolist drama Pelleas et Melisande.
Like the symbolist poets whose verses he sings, Tenor Cesare Valletti evokes sensuous, delicately colored scenes in narrow frames.

"We just used the audio record of the bell's sounding in 1997 to produce the symbolist music, through combining it with other music elements," Tan said.
on Aug 5, 2008 By: Tan Dun Source: China Internet Information Center|
("An incredible emotional intelligence in the piece in without creating a dry, symbolist thing," Del Toro said.)
on Oct 14, 2008 By: Guillermo del Toro Source: MTV.com
The novelist Ali Smith describes Welsh's style as "all force, authenticity and highlight - a potent meld of realist-symbolist which can take on violence, hypocrisy, spin and corruption with high-kicking pleasure".
on Jun 15, 2007 By: Ali Smith Source: guardian.co.uk