Realism was an art movement that began in the 1840s-1850s and sought to depict contemporary life truthfully and objectively. It had three main branches: social realism, which depicted social and economic hardship; magic realism, which incorporated elements of fantasy; and hyper-realism, known for its high level of detail and precision that made the art resemble photographs. Important realist artists included Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier, Jean-Francois Millet, and Ilya Repin.
4. Social Realism
originating in about 1930
the movement that depicts social and racial
injustice, economic hardship, through pictures
of life struggles
Ashcan School painters, who in the first
decades of the 20th century depicted the
commonplace, gritty, and unglamorous
realities of city life.
7. Magic Realism
Coined by German art critic Franz Roh in an essay
written in 1924
Art movement in the years after World War I .
Representational art, mixed with elements of fantasy.
This art was often typified by remarkable detail and
sharp focus.
Taps into emotional reservoirs within all of us. It
tricks us by hiding unexpected or suggestive content
in what at first might seem to be a common or
ordinary scene.
9. Hyper-Realism
will look no different from a high resolution
picture, making it hard to believe this was
created using such regular tools as pencils or
ballpoint pens.
Hyperrealistic images are typically 10 to 20
times the size of the original photographic
reference source, yet retain an extremely high
resolution in color, precision and detail.
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