Realism (arts)
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| In general, realists render [[everyday life|everyday]] characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in a "[[Verisimilitude|true-to-life]]" manner. Realists tend to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and [[classicism|classical]] forms of art in favor of commonplace themes. The term is applied to, or used as a name for, various [[art movement]]s or other groups of artists in [[art history]]. | In general, realists render [[everyday life|everyday]] characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in a "[[Verisimilitude|true-to-life]]" manner. Realists tend to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and [[classicism|classical]] forms of art in favor of commonplace themes. The term is applied to, or used as a name for, various [[art movement]]s or other groups of artists in [[art history]]. | ||
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| Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality", was based on the dogma of "[[objective reality]]", and was focused on showing everyday, quotidian activities and life, primarily among the middle or lower class society, without romantic idealization or dramatization. | Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality", was based on the dogma of "[[objective reality]]", and was focused on showing everyday, quotidian activities and life, primarily among the middle or lower class society, without romantic idealization or dramatization. | ||
| - | While the preceding [[romantic era]] was also a reaction against the values of the [[Industrial Revolution]], realism was in its turn a reaction to romanticism, and for this reason it is also commonly derogatorily referred as "traditional" "bourgeois realism". Some writers of [[Victorian literature]] produced works of realism.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The rigidities, conventions, and other limitations of "bourgeois realism," prompted in their turn the revolt later labeled as [[Modernist literature|modernism]]; starting around the 1900, the driving motive of modernist literature was the criticism of the 19th-century bourgeois social order and world view, which was countered with an antirationalist, antirealist and antibourgeois program. | + | While the preceding [[romantic era]] was also a reaction against the values of the [[Industrial Revolution]], realism was in its turn a reaction to romanticism, and for this reason it is also commonly derogatorily referred as "traditional" "bourgeois realism". Some writers of [[Victorian literature]] produced works of realism. The rigidities, conventions, and other limitations of "bourgeois realism," prompted in their turn the revolt later labeled as [[Modernist literature|modernism]]; starting around the 1900, the driving motive of modernist literature was the criticism of the 19th-century bourgeois social order and world view, which was countered with an antirationalist, antirealist and antibourgeois program. |
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| ==Cinema== | ==Cinema== | ||
| - | {{See also|Neorealism (art)|Poetic realism|Socialist realism}} | + | :''[[Neorealism (art)]], [[Poetic realism]], [[Socialist realism]]'' |
| [[Italian neorealism]] was a cinematic movement incorporating elements of realism that developed in post-WWII Italy. Notable Neorealists included [[Vittorio De Sica]], [[Luchino Visconti]], and [[Roberto Rossellini]]. | [[Italian neorealism]] was a cinematic movement incorporating elements of realism that developed in post-WWII Italy. Notable Neorealists included [[Vittorio De Sica]], [[Luchino Visconti]], and [[Roberto Rossellini]]. | ||
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| - | Image:Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin 017.jpg|[[Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin]], ''Woman Cleaning Turnips'', ca. 1738, [[Alte Pinakothek]] | ||
| - | Image:Gustave Courbet 018.jpg|[[Gustave Courbet]], ''Stone-Breakers'', 1849. | ||
| - | Image:Jean-François Millet (II) 013.jpg|[[Jean-François Millet]], ''The Sower'', 1850. | ||
| - | Image:Wilhelm Oswald Gustav Achenbach, Abendstimmung in der Campagna.jpg|[[Oswald Achenbach]], ''Abendstimmung in der Campagna'', 1850. | ||
| - | Image:The Song of the Lark.jpg|[[Jules Breton]], ''The Song of the Lark,'' 1884 | ||
| - | Image:Sargent MadameX.jpeg|[[John Singer Sargent]], ''Madame X'' (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1884. | ||
| - | Image:Eilif Peterssen-Laksefiskeren (1889).jpg|[[Eilif Peterssen]], ''The salmon fisher'', 1889. | ||
| - | Image:They did not Expect Him.jpg|[[Ilya Repin]], ''They did not Expect Him'', 1884-1888. | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation. As such, the approach inherently implies a belief that such reality is ontologically independent of man's conceptual schemes, linguistic practices and beliefs, and thus can be known (or knowable) to the artist, who can in turn represent this 'reality' faithfully. As Ian Watt states, modern realism "begins from the position that truth can be discovered by the individual through the senses" and as such "it has its origins in Descartes and Locke, and received its first full formulation by Thomas Reid in the middle of the eighteenth century."
Realism often refers more specifically to the artistic movement, which began in France in the 1850s. Realism in France appears after the 1848 Revolution. These realists positioned themselves against romanticism, a genre dominating French literature and artwork in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Seeking to be undistorted by personal bias, Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the romantic movement. Truth and accuracy became the goals of many Realists. Many paintings depicted people at work, underscoring the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution and Commercial Revolutions. The popularity of such 'realistic' works grew with the introduction of photography — a new visual source that created a desire for people to produce representations which look “objectively real.”
The term is also used to refer to works of art which, in revealing a truth, may emphasize the ugly or sordid, such as works of social realism, regionalism or Kitchen sink realism.
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Visual arts
In general, realists render everyday characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in a "true-to-life" manner. Realists tend to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and classical forms of art in favor of commonplace themes. The term is applied to, or used as a name for, various art movements or other groups of artists in art history.
Literature
Broadly defined as "the faithful representation of reality", was based on the dogma of "objective reality", and was focused on showing everyday, quotidian activities and life, primarily among the middle or lower class society, without romantic idealization or dramatization.
While the preceding romantic era was also a reaction against the values of the Industrial Revolution, realism was in its turn a reaction to romanticism, and for this reason it is also commonly derogatorily referred as "traditional" "bourgeois realism". Some writers of Victorian literature produced works of realism. The rigidities, conventions, and other limitations of "bourgeois realism," prompted in their turn the revolt later labeled as modernism; starting around the 1900, the driving motive of modernist literature was the criticism of the 19th-century bourgeois social order and world view, which was countered with an antirationalist, antirealist and antibourgeois program.
Theatre
The achievement of realism in the theatre was to direct attention to the social and psychological problems of ordinary life. In its dramas, people emerge as victims of forces larger than themselves, as individuals confronted with a rapidly accelerating world. These pioneering playwrights were unafraid to present their characters as ordinary, impotent, and unable to arrive at answers to their predicaments. This type of art represents what we see with our human eyes.
Cinema
Italian neorealism was a cinematic movement incorporating elements of realism that developed in post-WWII Italy. Notable Neorealists included Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, and Roberto Rossellini.
See also
- Simulated reality
- Chanson réaliste (realist song), a style of music performed in France primarily from the 1880s until the end of World War II
- Aspectism
- Pseudorealism
- Magic realism
