Realism Flashcards
1
Q
Realism
A
- 1840s
- rejection of romanticism (exoticism, melodrama, emotionalism)
- versimitude
- unsentimental
- contemporary
- quotidian
- objective
- social critique
2
Q
Gustave Courbet (1819 - 1877)
A
- socialist
- opposed history painting
First phase: peasants, workers, ordinary scenes
Second phase: nudes, hunting scenes, still life, landscapes