Realism

1. Realism Reaction against Romanticism & Neoclassicism

2. Realism refers to a style of art during the 19th century most dominantly among French painters, in which they strived to depict their subject as realistically as possible. The goal of Realism was truth and accuracy; they denounced emotionalism, romanticized subjects, and anything shown exaggerated. The subject matter of their painting was often of everyday characters, situations, and objects. They were the first to show the everyday class of society, though most of those paintings were not well received at the time. They were against the idealization of objects that was relevant in the Neoclassicism movement and Romanticism. http://www.artfortune.com/realism/

3. Jean Desire Gustave Courbet was a French painter who instrumental in leading the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. The Bathers The Meeting

4. EdoudardManetwas a late Realist painter who adapted the style of photography and later went on to influence Impressionism. Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico Luncheon on the Grass

5. 1st Photo in 1825 by a French inventor Joseph Niepce

6. Window in which the 1st photo was taken