realism
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈriːəˌlɪzəm/
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realismo
- He is also an artist whose paintings of living beings combine realism and vivid colors in acrylic and oils.
- nineteenth-century realism
- literary realism
- social realism
And like all these different art paradigms, like you were saying, ultra realism, yeah, impressionism, whatever.
- And like all these different art paradigms, like you were saying, ultra realism, yeah, impressionism, whatever.
- If you keep making smaller and smaller observations in block in, you can really achieve a fairly high degree of realism.
- I I think it's best, it's best understood as a work of hyper realism.
Examples
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For years, the Party demanded Socialist Realism, and people hung paintings of tractors on their walls.
Fiction book (1992) -
Just in Case invites readers to experience the magical realism inherent in Mexican culture.
Academic text (2013) -
This is a piece of social realism that has seen a little bit better days.
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Realism in the short story, in other words, is not the same as realism in the novel.
Academic text (1993) -
It's a piece of social realism where the artist chose to tackle something that they felt was wrong in society and do it via artwork.
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But this has also much to do with the development and evolution of realism in literature, particularly in the novel.
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So in realism, it seems like what that means is the film is capturing an aspect of real life, and that's what makes it powerful.
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As David Bordwell points out, "European art cinema's 'realism' is multifaceted."
Academic text (2017) -
Sorolla's artistic language, like Luna's, progressed from academicism to Social Realism and a mature style that was often called Spanish Impressionism.
Academic text (2015) -
The artist's painting vividly captures the essence of realism by depicting everyday life without any romanticization.
Synonyms
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8.1
An art and writing movement in 1800s France that shows everyday life in a real way
Antonyms
- Literature
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7.9
A movement in art and writing that values strong feeling and nature over rules and city life
Compounds
- Literature
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7.3
A style of writing or art that shows ordinary life with small magical events
- Literature
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7.8
A style of art and writing that mixes feeling and real-life detail
- Formal
A view in philosophy that the world exists by itself and can be known directly
- Offensive
A belief that human races have natural, fixed differences that cause different intelligence or behavior
- Specialized
An official art style in socialist countries that shows workers and everyday life in a positive way
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Realism comes from real ('ordinary' or 'what is seen') and -ism ('style' or 'movement'). In art, realism is the style of showing people and everyday life as they really are, without extra decoration or idealisation.