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Magical Realism and Paintings. Comparison between definitions. Origins of Magical Realism. M.R. began as a movement of art in Germany, as early as the 1910s. A clear definition of M.R. was first established by a critic named Franz Roh in 1925.
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Magical Realism and Paintings Comparison between definitions
Origins of Magical Realism • M.R. began as a movement of art in Germany, as early as the 1910s. A clear definition of M.R. was first established by a critic named Franz Roh in 1925. • Definition: The term magical realism first meant art that attempted to produce a clear depiction of reality that included a presentation of the mysterious elements of everyday life.
Elements of M.R. in Paintings • 1. Sobriety and sharp focus; an unsentimental and unemotional vision • 2. The artist’s vision is directed towards the everyday, banal, insignificant subjects; the absence of timidity with regard to painting the unpleasant; • 3. A static, tightly unified structure, which often suggests a completely airless, glass-like space, which, in general, gives preference to the static rather than to the dynamic;
4. The eradication of traces of the painting process, the liberation of the painting from all signs of the handicraft; • 5. And finally a new spiritual relationship with the world of things
As you are working in your groups think about the following…….. How is this similar and/or different than the definition of Magical Realism we have been discussing in terms of literature?
