2. Realism?
Realism in the arts is the attempt to
represent subject matter truthfully,
without artificiality and avoiding artistic
conventions, implausible, exotic and
supernatural elements.
3. Realism
Mid 19th Century (or 1800’s)
Artists felt that they should portray political, social, and moral
issues, without glorifying the past or presenting romantic views
of the present. The artists presented familiar scenes as they
actually appeared, hence REALISM.
1. Painting realistic situations
2. Celebrating working class and peasants;
3. en plein air
4. rustic painting
Realism as a style or movement needs to be distinguished from
"realism" as a term to describe the very precise, detailed and accurate
representation in art of the visual appearance of scenes and objects.
4. Books:
It is an attitude of mind,
a mode of thinking and
an attempt to explain the
nature of things
(Dhiman. 2008)
Realism is a style of art that
depicts what the eye can see. It
tries to capture every day
people doing every day
ordinary things.
Artist have tried to do this for a long time
5. Fine Arts
•treatment of forms, colors, space, etc., in such
a manner as to emphasize their
correspondence to actuality or to ordinary
visual experience.
• a style of painting and sculpture developed
about the mid 19th century in which figures
and scenesare depicted as they are experiencd
or might be experienced in everyday life.
6. Made to be as realistic as possible.
Against the exaggerated emotions of the Romantic
Movement.
Was objective and down to earth
Realism movement began in France in the late 1850’s
The opposite of abstract
The goal was not to convey beauty but the commonplace in all its
plainness
Branches of this type of art include, Social Realism, Magic Realism
and Hyper-Realism
7. Examples of
Realism can be
found throughout
art history. Greek
sculptures carved
lifelike replicas of
their models, like
this old peasant
woman.
Realis
8. Important Realist Painters
•Henri Cadiou
•Ford Madox Brown
•Jean BaptisteSiméonChardin
•Gustave Courbet
•Honoré Daumier
•Thomas Eakins
•Winslow Homer
•Jean-Francois Millet
•Rembrandt van Rijn
•Théodore Rousseau
•Edward Hopper
•Andrew Wyeth
9. Jean Francois Millet
Seems to have been influenced by the working
man, or women.
Sets her painting as in the mitts of an action, a
simple one, however it is like a photograph taken as
each person was in the middle of an action.
Seems to have used much oil paint.
Used texture as well as shading and tones to create
a more realistic look.
10. “Potato Planters” by Jean Francois
Millet
Usual setting for
one of Millets
paintings
Very simple plot,
its just 2 farmers
planting
potatoes
Looks like oil
paint
Great textures as
well as shading
11. “Potato Planters” by Jean Francois
Millet
Usual setting for
one of Millets
paintings
Very simple plot,
its just 2 farmers
planting
potatoes
Looks like oil
paint
Great textures as
well as shading
13. “Man With a Hoe”by Jean Francois
Millet
Set in a field, as usual
with something like a
camp spot behind him.
Is different because
you actually see the
mans face.
He looks tired,
possibly from hoeing.
Another painting well
done with shading and
texture.
14. “The Gleaners“ by Jean Francois Millet
It seems that
they are
picking wheat
Possibly slaves
Something is
going on in the
background
The textures
are well done
as well as
shading
15. Jéan Francois Millet, Haystacks: Autumn 1874, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Painting,Oil on
canvas
16. Honore Daumier
(1808-79).
“The print
and lovers”
“The third class carriage”
He drew caricatures of French society and politics
and criticized the ugliness in French society
18. Painters in the 17th
century like
Caravaggio
brought a new
realism to their
work, instead of
painting idealized
figures.
The Calling of Saint Matthew
by Michelangelo Caravaggio
Realism
19. Painters in the 17th
century like
Caravaggio
brought a new
realism to their
work, instead of
painting idealized
figures.
The Maids of Honor
by Diego Velázquez
Other examples
of Realism artists
include the
Spanish artist
DiegoVelázquez
. . .
Realism
21. Gustave Courbet
However, Gustave Courbet is
credited with leading the
Realism Movement in 19th
century France, as well as
coining the name.
Instead of showing an
idealized version of life, as
was expected, he depicted life
as it really was.
Realism
22. The Sleeping Spinner
by Gustave Courbet
However, Gustave Courbet is
credited with leading the
Realism Movement in 19th
century France, as well as
coining the name.
Instead of showing life better
than it was, as was expected,
he depicted life as it really
was.
Art critics and
the art viewing
public did not
like this
change, but
Courbet cared
about social
issues like
poverty.
Realism
