Realism

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aesthetic concept art movement literary movement

Realism is a literary and artistic movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with truthful, unembellished detail.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
American realism	33
American Realism	28
Naturalism	4
French Realism	3
Russian realism	3
realism	3
American literary realism	2
American realist writers	1
Egyptian realism	1
German realism	1
Neorealism	1
Realist painters	1
Realists	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aesthetic concept ⓘ art movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aim	to critique social structures through depiction of everyday life ⓘ to represent life as it is perceived ⓘ
artForm	literature ⓘ opera ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ theatre ⓘ
emergedAfter	Romanticism ⓘ
emphasizes	truthful representation ⓘ unembellished detail ⓘ
influenced	20th-century narrative fiction ⓘ Modernism ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ
influencedBy	Industrial Revolution ⓘ scientific positivism ⓘ social change in 19th-century Europe ⓘ
mainFocus	depiction of everyday life ⓘ ordinary people ⓘ
notableProponent	Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ George Eliot ⓘ Gustave Courbet ⓘ Honoré de Balzac ⓘ Leo Tolstoy ⓘ William Dean Howells ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ
opposes	Romanticism ⓘ
originatedIn	France ⓘ
philosophicalAspect	focus on observable reality ⓘ interest in social conditions ⓘ
rejects	heroic subject matter as a norm ⓘ idealization ⓘ sentimentalism ⓘ
relatedMovement	Critical realism ⓘ Realism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naturalism Social realism ⓘ
subjectMatter	contemporary life ⓘ middle class ⓘ social problems ⓘ working class ⓘ
technique	accurate perspective and anatomy in painting ⓘ colloquial language in literature ⓘ detailed description ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
value	objectivity ⓘ plausible causality in narrative ⓘ verisimilitude ⓘ

Referenced by (151)

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The Wave → artHistoricalContext → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Realism

Ornans, Doubs, France → associatedArtMovement → Realism ⓘ

subject surface form: Ornans

Barbizon school → associatedWith → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Realism

The Pearl of Orr's Island → associatedWithMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Academic art → criticizedBy → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Realists

A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves → genre → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Nighthawks → genre → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Pavilion of Realism (1855) → genre → Realism ⓘ

Young Ladies of the Village → genre → Realism ⓘ

Norman Rockwell Museum → genreOfExhibitions → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

American literature → hasPeriod → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naturalism

Western canon of art → includesPeriod → Realism ⓘ

Diego Velázquez → influenced → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Realist painters

William Dean Howells → influenced → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realist writers

American Regionalism → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

Impressionism → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

Post-Impressionism → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

Soviet literature → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

Whistler's Mother → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

Winslow Homer → influencedBy → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Realism

A Little Journey in the World → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

A Night in Acadie → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

A Tramp Abroad → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Anna Karenina → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Annie Kilburn → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

As We Go → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

At the ’Cadian Ball → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Breakfast-Table series → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Buddenbrooks → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: German realism

Cannery Row → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Chelkash → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian realism

Daisy Miller → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Désirée’s Baby → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Hadji Murad → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Illusions perdues → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

In Dubious Battle → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Le Ventre de Paris → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naturalism

Les Rougon-Macquart → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naturalism

Little Men → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Little Women → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Midaq Alley → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian realism

My Childhood → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian realism

Norwood; or, Village Life in New England → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

O Pioneers! → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Palliser series → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Prince Edward → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

this entity surface form: American realism

Resurrection → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ

Scènes de la vie parisienne → literaryMovement → Realism ⓘ