Realism Flashcards
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The father of realism
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Courbet
2
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The stone breakers
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Courbet: youth assisting an older man breaking stones for road
3
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Luncheon on the grass
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Artist: Manet
Subject: ordinary man And promiscuous semen in a park
4
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Olympia
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Artist: Manet
Subject: portrait of prostitute
5
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Still life in studio
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Artist: daguerre
6
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Daguerreotype
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An early type of photograph that required long exposure time
7
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The horse in motion
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Artist: muybridge
Medium: albumen print
Subject: movement, this work is a bridge between the photography and movies
Function: to show that this technology can capture movement the human cannot
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9
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Made easing photography to the height of art
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Artist: Daumier
Medium: lithograph
Subject: nadar looking stupid
Function: mocking the idea that photography can be considered “high art”
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