French Realist movement
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The French Realist movement was a 19th-century artistic and literary trend that focused on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with unidealized, truthful detail.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French realism | 27 |
| French Realism | 3 |
| French Realist literature | 1 |
| French Realist movement canonical | 1 |
| Realism in France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: French Realist movement Context triple: [The Wave, associatedWith, French Realist movement]
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Barbizon school
The Barbizon school was a mid-19th-century French art movement centered on naturalistic landscape painting and rural life, which helped pave the way for Impressionism.
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France Modern
France Modern refers to the simplified heraldic design of the French royal arms featuring three gold fleurs-de-lis on a blue field, adopted from the late Middle Ages onward.
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French classicism
French classicism is a 17th–18th century literary and artistic movement centered in France that emphasized order, clarity, rationality, and adherence to strict formal rules inspired by ancient Greek and Roman models.
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Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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French Baroque art
French Baroque art is a 17th-century artistic style in France characterized by grandeur, dramatic intensity, and rich ornamentation, closely associated with the absolutist court culture of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: French Realist movement Target entity description: The French Realist movement was a 19th-century artistic and literary trend that focused on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with unidealized, truthful detail.
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A.
Barbizon school
The Barbizon school was a mid-19th-century French art movement centered on naturalistic landscape painting and rural life, which helped pave the way for Impressionism.
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B.
France Modern
France Modern refers to the simplified heraldic design of the French royal arms featuring three gold fleurs-de-lis on a blue field, adopted from the late Middle Ages onward.
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C.
French classicism
French classicism is a 17th–18th century literary and artistic movement centered in France that emphasized order, clarity, rationality, and adherence to strict formal rules inspired by ancient Greek and Roman models.
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D.
Impressionism
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by small, visible brushstrokes, open composition, and an emphasis on capturing light and fleeting moments in everyday scenes.
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E.
French Baroque art
French Baroque art is a 17th-century artistic style in France characterized by grandeur, dramatic intensity, and rich ornamentation, closely associated with the absolutist court culture of Louis XIII and Louis XIV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
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literary movement ⓘ |
| aim |
to depict social classes realistically
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to represent life as it is ⓘ |
| artForm |
novel
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painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
French Third Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Third French Republic
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| characteristic |
detailed description of environment
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emphasis on observable reality ⓘ focus on contemporary subjects ⓘ rejection of idealization ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| endTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| field |
literature
ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ |
| genre | Realism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century social realism
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modern narrative fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
French Realist movement
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
French Realist literature
French Realist painting ⓘ |
| influenced |
Naturalism
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Realist literature in Europe ⓘ Realist painting in Europe ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1848 Revolution in France
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Industrial Revolution ⓘ social change in 19th-century France ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movementFocus |
depiction of everyday life
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representation of ordinary people ⓘ truthful detail ⓘ unidealized representation ⓘ |
| notableProponent |
Gustave Courbet
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Gustave Flaubert ⓘ Honoré Daumier ⓘ Honoré de Balzac ⓘ Jean-François Millet ⓘ Stendhal ⓘ Émile Zola ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Romanticism
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academic art ideals ⓘ |
| startTime | 1840s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: French Realist movement Description of subject: The French Realist movement was a 19th-century artistic and literary trend that focused on depicting everyday life and ordinary people with unidealized, truthful detail.
Referenced by (33)
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