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Preferred term

Realism  

Definition

  • Style of western art, mid-late 19th c., developed in reaction to the Romantic style; characterized by subject matter, depictions of figures, and techniques that emphasize reality with precision and vividness of detail, including unpleasant characteristics; also used in a more general sense to refer to any phase of artistic tradition where the naturalistic is emphasized over the idealized [AAT, alt.]

Entry terms

  • Lyrical realism
  • Realist

Notation

  • 116450

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-MV8SHXHN-9

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