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Buying Paintings: Realism by Matthew Enright
In literature as well as art
realism is the depiction of subjects as they appear in practical, everyday life.
Realism does not deal with interpretation or embellishment. The point of realism
is to capture people or situations in a gritty and real way. Similar to realist
photography, the realist painter does not place emphasis on stylization but is
most interested in depicting situations just as they appear to the naked
eye.
While realism depicts real characters in real situations, there
tends to be emphasis placed on the sordid or ugly. In this way, realism is very
much the opposite of idealism. In idealism the theory is that the reality and
regular world around us is merely a reflection of a higher truth Isabel Marant. With realism,
however, it�s as though we�re saying �all I know for sure is what my eyes and
other sense organs tell me�.
As a reaction to the idealism of Romanticism
in France during the middle of the nineteenth century, realism became the
popular cultural movement in many ways. Realism is often linked to demands for
political and social reform, as well as ideas about democracy. Dominating the
literature and visual arts of England, France and the United States between the
years 1840 and 1880, realism was popular throughout many facets of life post by
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Realists tend to throw out such hubris as classical forms,
theatrics and lofty esoteric subjects in favor of the most commonplace subjects
and themes. A very famous example of a realist painting is Jean-Francois
Millet�s �The Gleaners� from the year 1857. This painting portrays three women
working in the fields. The colors are very realistic, almost drab, by contrast
to non-realist paintings.
Realism as an art movement appears as early as
2400 BC in India in the city of Lothal. Examples of this type of art can be
found around the world and throughout art history Etoile
Isabel Marant Bobby Suede Sneakers In Blue. In a very broad sense, realism
is art that shows any subject or object that has been observed and accurately
depicted, though the entire art piece may not conform to realism
conditions.
During the late sixteenth century the most prominent mode of
art in European art was a form called mannerism, which showed artificial and
elongated figures in very unreal, though graceful positions. Then an artist by
the name of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio emerged and changed much of the
direction of art simply by depicting real humans doing real things. His work
shows images painted directly fro meveryday life and shows an immediacy that had
never been seen before.
Dutch art had any realism entries, with their
fondness for homely details and humble situations and subjects. Rembrandt is a
very well known example of Dutch realism in paintings. The Barbizon School took
realism in a whole new direction when, by observing and painting nature, the
beginnings of Impressionism took shape.
Realism still plays a role in
paintings and art of all kinds today. From film to television and the fine arts,
realism is still a major player in the world of creative and expressive
processes and productions. Throughout human history there have been those that
wish to see things as they are and those that see in reality a hint of the
divine. Realism went a long way in providing the one extreme with which we�ve
discovered several in betweens in more modern and contemporary art.
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