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Realism
Realism refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules". In general, realists render everyday characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects without embellishment or interpretation. The term is applied to, or used as a name for, various art movements or other groups of artists in art history. The term is also used to refer to works of art which emphasize the ugly, actuality, reality or sordid.Realism however often refers more specifically to the artistic movement that emerged after the Revolution of 1848 that overturned the monarchy of Louis-Philippe and developed during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. The French Realists democratized art by depicting modern subjects drawn from the everyday lives of the working class, paralleling related trends in the naturalist literature of Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, and Gustave Flaubert. Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the romantic movement that dominated French literature and artwork in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The elevation of the working class into the realms of high art and literature coincided with Pierre Proudhon's socialist philosophies and Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, which urged a proletarian uprising.The movement began with one of Gustave Courbet's most important works: 'A Burial at Ornans', 1849-1850, a canvas recording the funeral of his grand uncle which he witnessed in September 1848 that became the first grand statement of the Realist style. Important Realists and Realist movements:* Gustave Courbet, Honoré Daumier, Julien Dupré, Rosa Bonheur and the Barbizon school with Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Jacque, Constant Troyon and Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de La Peña,
* Peredvizhniki with Ilya Repin among others
* and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriël Rosetti and John Ruskin.Édouard Manet and the Impressionists were the immediate heirs to the Realist legacy, as they too embraced the imagery of modern life. By the 1870s and 1880s, however, their art no longer carried the political charge of Realism.
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Gustave Courbet the right style would be the original style, which means without-style. courbet was also a political socialist, which is obvious from his choice of subjects that often reflect the lowest social classes. this social movement is called realism. courbet and millet depicted working class scenes with a great dignity, that was an insult and a threat to the established values of the conservative critics and a large part of the middle class.
http://www.kunstbus.com/locate/gustave+courbet [578 words]
The Art History Archive, American Scene Painting - American Regoionalism and Social Realism the artists of the movement depicted scenes of typical american life and landscape (painted in a naturalistic, descriptive style). "american scene" is an umbrella term for the rural 'american regionalism' and the urban and politically-oriented 'social realism', but its specific boundaries remain ambiguous. after world war i many united states artists rejected the modern trends stemming from the armory show. instead they chose to adopt academic realism in depicting urban and rural scenes.
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/americanscene/ [1018 words]
Nineteenth-Century French Realism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art nineteenth-century french realism... young communards in prison (les federes a la conciergerie), 1871 gustave courbet (french, 1819–1877) black chalk (rubbed) on wove paper overall: 10 13/16 x 6 1/2 in. (25.9 x 16.6 cm) gift of guy wildenstein, 1999 (1999.251) ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm [2160 words]
Tate | Glossary | Modern Realism modern realism in the nineteenth century realism had a special meaning as an art term. since the rise of modern art, realism, or realist, or realistic, has come to be primarily a stylistic description,
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=173 [245 words]
Tate | Glossary | Realism realism until the nineteenth century western art was dominated by the academic theory of history painting and high art (see also grand manner). then, the development of naturalism began to go hand in hand with increasing emphasis on realism of subject,
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=240 [206 words]
Tate | Glossary | Magic Realism magic realism term invented by german photographer, art historian and art critic franz roh in 1925 in his book nach expressionismus: magischer realismus (after expressionism: magic realism ). describes modern realist paintings with fantasy or dream-like subjects.
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=158 [167 words]