Directory of Realism Resources

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Realism in the visual arts began as a 19th-century style and depicts people, objects and events in a manner considered accurate or true to life. It began as a reaction to the idealistic approach of romanticism.

Subcategories

• Courbet, Gustave
• Degas, Edgar
• Eakins, Thomas
• Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
• Hopper, Edward
• Manet, Édouard
• Siqueiros, David Alfaro
• Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Resources in This Category

• Realism

  http://www.biddingtons.com/content/pedigreerealism.html
  A brief definition and samples of realism in contemporary painting.

• WebMuseum: Realism

  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/realism/
  A brief introduction and definition of the period in art history.

 

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