Symbolist artists aimed to express their moods and emotions rather than describing the world around them. This lead to disturbing works which included themes like anxiety, dreams and mysticism. Writer in this time expressed their emotions and ideas instead of describing the world.

An example of work is called artist used disjoined shapes and discordant colours of the beach and the sea.

'Melancholy (Evening)' 1896 by Edvard Munch