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 • Realism sets as a goal not imitating
past artistic achievements but the
truthful and accurate depiction of the
models that nature and contemporary
life offer to the artist .
The artificiality of
both the Classicism
and Romanticism in
the academic art was
unanimously rejected
New idea was that
ordinary people and
everyday activities
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  The earliest
instances of Realism
began to appear in
the 18th century.
 These Paintings can
be seen as a
reaction to the
excesses of
Romanticism and
Edgar Degas – the bellelli family Neoclassicism

the great Realist era was the middle of the 19th

century, as artists became disillusioned with the
artifice of the Salons and the influence of the
Academies
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Copley’s portraits
were innovative
in that they
tended to portray
their subjects
with artifacts that
were indicative of
their lives. His
intention was to
project people as
they were and not
to interpret them
in some hallowed
light.
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 Goya’s Paintings

 The subversive
element in his art, as
well as his bold
handling of paint
provided a model for
the work of later
generations of
artists.
 Some of his works
were shockingly
realistic depicting
naked pain and
suffering with an
unflinching attitude

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  The term Symbolism
Odilon Redon means the systematic
Chariot of Apollo use of symbols or
pictorial conventions to
express an allegorical
meaning.
 originated in France,
and was part of a 19th-
century movement in
which art became
infused with mysticism.
 Symbolism was an art
movement that began
in 1885 and reigned
through to 1910
  Symbolist movement was a
reaction against the literal
representation of objects and
subjects, where instead there
was an attempt to create
Odilon Redon more suggestive,
fallen angel metaphorical and evocative
works
 Symbolism moved away
from the naturalism of the
impressionists and
demonstrated a preference
for emotions over intellect.
 Symbolist painter styles
varied greatly but common
themes included the mystical
and the visionary
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Art Nouveau has made
itself know and present
from 1880’s to 1910’s
This movement walked
under the flag of an art
that would break all
connections to classical
times, and bring down
the barriers between the
fine arts and applied
arts.
This approach was
considered completely
new and revolutionary
Visual standards of the Art Nouveau style are
flat, decorative patterns, intertwined organic
forms of stems or flowers

• Advertising posters
were welcomed into art,
and fence has been
proclaimed a suitable
exhibition place for this
new art
•Typical for this style was
artistic application of
modern industrial
techniques and modern
materials
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