How does Gustave Moreau's painting The Apparition typify Symbolism?

(if it helps its from an art appreciation assignment)

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Answer:

It uses light and oddities like a floating head to show that it is not a living person, the head in question looks close to representations of religious figure Jesus. So, we can deduce that the "Apparition" symbolizes something different than just a head with no body.

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