Realism

What is realism?
 * Realism is defined as The theory or practice in art and literature of fidelity to nature or to real life and to accurate representation without idealization of the most typical views, details, and surroundings of the subject.

 Where and when did realism originate ?  Who are some of the major realists? How has realism changed through time?
 * Realism originated sometime in the first half of the 19th century, mainly in France and England, using the commoner as an artistic subject . 
 * Bastien-Lepage, Jules - 1848 - 1884
 * Bonheur, Rosa - 1822 - 1899
 * Bonvin, Francois - 1817 - 1887
 * Brown, Grafton T. - 1841 - 1918
 *  These are just a few of the major realists more can be found at http://wwar.com/masters/movements/realism.html
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Realism started out as painting on canvas or literature and has evolved since the 1800’s. Now there is still realist paintings and literature but there is also realist photography, journalism and many other things. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;">

How has realism changed the way artists portray objects?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instead of older forms of art where the artist a lot of the time would have to paint what a king told them to the artist gets to just look at nature and paint it exactly how it is.

Why did realism become more popular?
 * Realism became more and more popular because people liked looking at paintings of how nature really was instead of someone else’s views of it.

Realism is the painting of a "real life " depiction of something, why would people like this instead of a fantasized version of things?
 * People are used to the idea of a painting of a “better than life” idea but realism gives people a realistic view of nature that they may never have seen before.

How could realism provide more inspiration for people or vise-versa?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Realism can provide inspiration to some people because they may be really in touch with nature and this provides a way to look at nature without going anywhere. On the other hand some people may like more contemporary art and not really like nature.

Why would an artist want to paint something as real as possible instead of their own way?
 * Realism is a way to paint and portray nature in its simplest sense and an artist who like nature would want to do this instead of change things to “pollute” his depiction of nature.

What ties to modern culture has realism established?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Realism has become a greatly appreciated and noticed form of art even though it is somewhat contemporary. Also, it has given even more contemporary art some inspiration.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Bibliography
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 * "Birth of Realism and Popular Art." //World War I and the Jazz Age//. American Journey Online. Woodbridge, CT.: Primary Source Microfilm, 1999. //Student Resource Center - College Edition//. Gale. MARY INSTITUTE & ST LOUIS DAY SCHOOL. 27 Sep. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T001 &prodId=SRCCE-1 &docId=EJ2164000010 &source=gale &srcprod=CCRA &userGroupName=sain62671 &version=1.0>.


 * //Art History:Realism//. World Wide Art Resources, 5 Feb. 2006. Web. 26 Sept. 2009. <http://wwar.com/masters/movements/realism.html>.


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 * //Realism//. Stanford, 4 Aug. 2005. Web. 26 Sept. 2009. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/realism/>.