Art Movements-Realism (arts)

Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, 

without artificiality, and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements.

this picture was drawn by Gustave Courbet in 1854.

Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution.

Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century.

Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality, and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements.

 More generally, realist works of art are those that, in revealing a truth, may emphasize the ugly or sordid, such as works of social realism, regionalism.

The movement even managed to impact on opera, where it is called Verismo, with contemporary working-class heroines such as Carmen.

Visual Art

Realism as a style or movement needs to be distinguished from "realism" as a term to describe the very precise, detailed and accurate representation in art of the visual appearance of scenes and objects. 

As an art movement Realism was a reaction in the mid 19th century against what was seen as the artificiality of Romanticism, led by Courbet in France. It spread across Europe and was influential for the rest of the century and beyond, but as it became adopted into the mainstream of painting it becomes less common and useful as a term to define artistic style.

After the arrival of Impressionism and later movements which downgraded the importance of precise illusionistic brushwork it often came to refer simply to the use of a more traditional and tighter painting style. It has been used for a number of later movements and trends in art, some involving careful illusionistic representation, such as Photorealism, and others the depiction of "realist" subject matter in a social sense, or attempts at both.