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]], represented by artists such as [[Chuck Close]] and [[Richard Estes]]. |
| ==Precursors== | ==Precursors== | ||
| - | Important precursors include the Dutch school of painting, most notably and best-known [[Vermeer]], but als the [[Heda]] family. | + | Important precursors of photorealism include Durer with works such as ''[[Young Hare]]'' and ''[[Great Piece of Turf]]'', the [[Dutch school of painting]], most notably and best-known [[Vermeer]] (''[[The Little Street]]''), but also the [[the photorealists of Dutch Golden Age painting]], before Vermeer. |
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| + | ===Vermeer and photographic realism=== | ||
| + | :I'm certainly not the first to notice the almost photographic realism of Vermeer's work but it was Jason Streed who first clued me in on one of the missing pieces in my understanding about this. Vermeer's paintings are so photo-realistic because in a very real sense they actually are photographs.[http://www.laputanlogic.com/articles/2004/04] | ||
| + | ==Photorealism as similacrum== | ||
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| + | [[Fredric Jameson]] uses the example of photorealism to describe [[simulacra]]. The painting is a copy of a photograph, not of reality. The photograph itself is a copy of the original. Therefore, the painting is a copy of a copy. | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Hyperrealism (painting)]] | ||
| - | *[[Contemporary Art]] | ||
| - | *[[Pop Art]] | ||
| *[[Abstract Expressionism]] | *[[Abstract Expressionism]] | ||
| - | *[[Western Art]] | + | *[[Contemporary art]] |
| - | *[[Western Painting]] | + | |
| *[[History of Art]] | *[[History of Art]] | ||
| + | *[[Hyperrealism (painting)]] | ||
| + | *[[Pop art]] | ||
| + | *[[Realist visual arts]] | ||
| + | *[[Trompe-l'œil]] | ||
| + | *[[Western art]] | ||
| + | *[[Western painting]] | ||
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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, represented by artists such as Chuck Close and Richard Estes.
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Precursors
Important precursors of photorealism include Durer with works such as Young Hare and Great Piece of Turf, the Dutch school of painting, most notably and best-known Vermeer (The Little Street), but also the the photorealists of Dutch Golden Age painting, before Vermeer.
Vermeer and photographic realism
- I'm certainly not the first to notice the almost photographic realism of Vermeer's work but it was Jason Streed who first clued me in on one of the missing pieces in my understanding about this. Vermeer's paintings are so photo-realistic because in a very real sense they actually are photographs.[1]
Photorealism as similacrum
Fredric Jameson uses the example of photorealism to describe simulacra. The painting is a copy of a photograph, not of reality. The photograph itself is a copy of the original. Therefore, the painting is a copy of a copy.
See also
- Abstract Expressionism
- Contemporary art
- History of Art
- Hyperrealism (painting)
- Pop art
- Realist visual arts
- Trompe-l'œil
- Western art
- Western painting
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