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REALISM and COURBET

REALISM and COURBET. Realism. Represented the subject matter of everyday life in a REALISTIC manner. Focused on the experiences of everyday life – working class, the ordinary, observable world.

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REALISM and COURBET

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  1. REALISMandCOURBET

  2. Realism • Represented the subject matter of everyday life in a REALISTIC manner. • Focused on the experiences of everyday life – working class, the ordinary, observable world.

  3. Realists attempted to portray the lives, appearances, problems, customs, and morals of the middle and lower classes.

  4. Realist REJECTED the structured, symmetrical ideas of Neoclassicism and the theatrical drama of Romanticism.

  5. Gustave Courbet1819 - 1877

  6. Burial at Ornans - 1849

  7. The Stone Breakers - 1849

  8. Compared to CLASSICAL ART

  9. The Peasants of Flagey Returning from the Fair, Ornans, 1950-55

  10. Things to remember about REALISM & COURBET • Subject matter consisted of “everyday” working people and life. • Rejected the ideals of Classicism and Romanticism. • Painterly style that depicted “observable” moments of life.

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