Romantic Artwork

John Everett Millais’s Ophelia

William Blake’s “Wood of the Self Murderers”

Ford Maddox Brown’s Romeo and Juliet

Realist Artwork

Jean Millet’s The Gleaners

Camille Corot’s Venise La Piazetta

Gustave Courbet’s Burial at Ornans

Honore Daumier’s Don Quixote

Art History:Art History: Realism: ( ) Realism is defined by the accurate, unembellished, and detailed depiction of nature or contemporary life. The movement prefers an observation of physical appearance rather than imagination or idealization. In this sense, Realism can be found in movements of many other centuries. The mid 19th century Realist movement chose to paint common, ordinary, sometimes ugly images rather than the stiff, conventional pictures favored by upper-class society. It was an opposition to the traditional approach to Neoclassicism and the drama of Romanticism. Furthermore, advocates of the style were no longer preoccupied with the expectations of the Salons, Academies, or other art institutions. Realists strived to paint scenes as they actually appeared. Often the artists depicted ugly and common subjects that normally alluded to a social, political, or moral message.