REALISM

Realism

Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements. The term originated in the 19th century, and was used to describe the work of Gustave Courbet and a group of painters who rejected idealization, focusing instead on everyday life.

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realism

Noun

  1. A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
  2. An artistic representation of reality as it is
  3. The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
  4. A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them


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