Photorealism
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| '''Photorealism''' is the genre of painting resembling a [[photograph]], most recently seen in the splinter [[Hyperrealism (painting)|hyperrealism]] art movement. However, the term is primarily applied to paintings from the American photorealism [[art movement]] of the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]]. | '''Photorealism''' is the genre of painting resembling a [[photograph]], most recently seen in the splinter [[Hyperrealism (painting)|hyperrealism]] art movement. However, the term is primarily applied to paintings from the American photorealism [[art movement]] of the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]]. | ||
| ==Precursors== | ==Precursors== | ||
| - | Important precursors include the [[Dutch school of painting]], most notably and best-known [[Vermeer]], but also the [[the photorealists of Dutch Golden Age painting]], before Vermeer. | + | Important precursors include Durer the [[Dutch school of painting]], most notably and best-known [[Vermeer]], but also the [[the photorealists of Dutch Golden Age painting]], before Vermeer. |
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Photorealism is the genre of painting resembling a photograph, most recently seen in the splinter hyperrealism art movement. However, the term is primarily applied to paintings from the American photorealism art movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Precursors
Important precursors include Durer the Dutch school of painting, most notably and best-known Vermeer, but also the the photorealists of Dutch Golden Age painting, before Vermeer.
See also
- Abstract Expressionism
- Abstract illusionism
- Contemporary art
- History of Art
- Hyperrealism (painting)
- Pop art
- Realist visual arts
- Trompe-l'œil
- Western art
- Western painting
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