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Art. Art. 20 th century - Present. REALISM (1848-1900). Characteristics Celebrated working class and peasants En plein air rustic painting ---" in the open air," and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Chief Artists Corot Courbet Daumier Millet. Realism.
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Art Art 20th century - Present
REALISM (1848-1900) • Characteristics • Celebrated working class and peasants • En pleinairrustic painting ---"in the open air," and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors • Chief Artists • Corot • Courbet • Daumier • Millet
Realism • Realism in the arts may be defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully • Realism revolted against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement. Instead it sought to portray real and typical contemporary people • depictions of 'real' life • Realist painters used common laborers, and ordinary people in ordinary surroundings engaged in real activities as subjects for their works
Realism • Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot • French landscape painter • Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon School of France in the mid-nineteenth century.
Realism • Jean DésiréGustave Courbet • French painter who led the realist movement in 19th-century French painting • made bold social statements through his work
Realism • Honoré Daumier • works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century • Known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen
The Gleaners Realism Woman Baking Bread • Jean-François Millet • Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers The Sower
Realism QUIZ –True or False • The Realism movement came before Romanticism. • Realism tried to depict “real-life”. • Realist paintings are usually of people in high government positions. • Camille Corot is best known for painting landscapes. • Gustave Corbet attempted to make bold social statements through his work. • Corot painted “The Burial at Ornans” • Daumier painted many caricatures that made fun of public political figures. • Millet is best known for his scenes he painted of peasant farmers.