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Realism

Realism. The word “realism” with a small ‘r’ refers to any artwork that attempts to copy how we perceive the world (as in, optical realism). “Realism” with a capital ‘R’ refers a specific movement of art that occurred, mainly in France, in the mid-1800s.

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Realism

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  1. Realism

  2. The word “realism” with a small ‘r’ refers to any artwork that attempts to copy how we perceive the world (as in, optical realism). “Realism” with a capital ‘R’ refers a specific movement of art that occurred, mainly in France, in the mid-1800s. This movement was reacting against the established art of the time …

  3. Napoleon Crossing the Alps, David

  4. Death of the Sardanapolus, Delacroix

  5. Algerian Women, Delacroix

  6. Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849

  7. Rosa Bonheur, Plowing at Nivernais, 1850

  8. Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853

  9. Jean Francois Millet, The Sower, 1858

  10. Millet, The Gleaners, 1857

  11. Honore Daumier, Third Class Carriage, 1862

  12. Daumier, Rue Transnonain, 1868

  13. Honore Daumier, Gargantuaç

  14. Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863

  15. Ingres, Odalysque with a Slave, 1840

  16. Edouard Manet, Portrait of Emile Zola, 1868

  17. Realist artists were concerned with: • scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment • personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake • avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture. Edouard Manet, Bar at the Follies-Bergeres, 1883

  18. Impressionism

  19. Claude Monet, Impression, Sunrise; 1872

  20. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: • scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment

  21. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: • scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment • personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake

  22. The Impressionists were a continuation of Realism: • scenes of contemporary life without romantic sentiment • personal views and subjects; art for art’s sake • avant garde attitude; the artist is separate from and ahead of mainstream culture.

  23. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: • the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral; 1892 - 1894

  24. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: • the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) • intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used)

  25. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: • the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) • intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) • informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

  26. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: • the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) • intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) • informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

  27. The Impressionists were mainly concerned with: • the play of light on surfaces (optical realism) • intensity of colour (canvases primed white; no black used) • informal compositions, inspired by the invention of the camera

  28. Not allowed to show their art in The Salon, the annual showing of French art in Paris, the Impressionists began to show their artworks independently from the Art establishment – truly avant garde!

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