Q&A: What is the symbolism in the painting in "The picture of Dorian Gray"?

Question by Harry T: What is the symbolism in the painting in "The picture of Dorian Gray"?
I can't find the symbolism, I am trying to analyze the aphorism "All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril."
any quotes?


Best answer:
Answer by ellogovnaThe Purpose of Art

When The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890, it was decried as immoral. In

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