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photorealism
Sometimes
[foh-toh-ree-uh-liz-uhm]
noun
a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
photorealism
/ ˌəʊəʊˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
a style of painting and sculpture that depicts esp commonplace urban images with meticulously accurate detail
Other Word Forms
- photorealist noun
- photorealistic adjective
- ˌdzٴˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of photorealism1
Example Sentences
Photorealism has always been confusing.
“Ordinary People — Photorealism and the Work of Art Since 1968” highlights two aspects, both keyed to its somewhat cumbersome title.
We’re not talking about coal mining or Amazon home delivery here, but Photorealism does look laborious.
The art world was dismissing the popular reception of Photorealism with a similarly narrow-minded explanation: Ordinary people, whose experience was being represented, liked it.
Nonfunctional hyperrealism, yes; Photorealism, no.
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