Realism Hannah, Izzy, Max

Roman Realism ●Included ideological messages ●Some images were idealized ●Depicted warriors and heroic adventures in spirit of Greeks

Academic Art Bouguereau, The Birth of Venus Cabanel, The Birth of Venus David, The Oath of the Horatii

Academic Art-Background ● Neoclassicism & Romanticism ● Unrealistic ● Influenced from academies in Europe ● Big academic artists: Jean-Leon Gerome & Bouguereau

19th Century Realism Concepts: ● No embellishment ● Avoidance of artistic conventions ● Avoidance of stylization

What was happening and how does it connect? ● Social changes caused by Industrial Revolution ● Realism was greater focused on as a subject ● The term ‘Realism’ was promoted in 1840’s by Champfleury ● Realism art was first shown by Courbet ● Photography growth

Courbet ● Set up a personal pavilion outside of the Salon in dedicated to “Le Réalisme” ● “I cannot paint an angel because I have never seen one.” ● Rejected academic convention ● In early 1840’s, he created self portraits (weren’t shown to anyone)

Courbet Self Portraits

Burial at Ornans ● Created in 1850 ● Oil on Canvas ● 10’4” x 21’8” ● Was originally at Courbet’s pavilion outside of the salon ● Currently in the Musee d’Orsay ● Courbet

Manet ● Enjoyed drawing and printmaking ● Influenced by the growth of photography ● Goal was to show the viewer’s his idea of reality ● Used thick lines and dark colors ● Worked in Couture's studio until 1856 ● Born into upper class

Olympia ● Created in 1863 ● Oil painting ● 51.4” x 74.8” ● Originally in the 1865 Salon ● Currently in the Musee d’Orsay ● Manet

Social Realists ●Started wanting to show middle and lower class people ●Also starting showing scenes mainly occurring in cities ●Showed real emotion and real troubles and hardships people went through

Honore Daumier ●French artist- printmaker, sculptor, painter, caricaturist ●His whole entire childhood was spent in poverty ●Protige of Alexandre Lenoir

Wandering Saltimbanques- Daumier 1850 ●Started in 1847 ●oil paint on wood ●12 13/16 x 9 ¾ in ●Currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

John French Sloan ●American Painter ●Took up sketches while working as a cashier ●Attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ●Help find the Ashcan School movement

McSorley’s Bar- John Sloan 1912 ●oil on canvas ●26 x 32 in

Alice Neel ●American Painter ●famous for using oil ●Portrayed friends, family, lovers, artists, and strangers

●American Photographer ●Photographed celebrities and models ●Known for photographing fashion models in everyday locations Richard Avedon

Photorealism and Hyperrealism Photorealism - detailed and unidealized representation in art, especially of banal, mundane, or sordid aspects of life; art made to look like a photograph Hyperrealism - a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high resolution photograph; a contemporary extension of photorealism

Advancements in Photography the first Polaroid (or Instant) camera is sold the first digital camera is invented the first disposable camera is invented

Pop Art

Photorealism -daily life -characteristics of the human face

Big artists of the time: Photorealists -Robert Bechtle -John Baeder -Tom Blackwell -Audrey Flack -Chuck Close Hyperrealists -István Sándorfi -Ralph Goings -Carole Feuerman -Marilyn Minter -Jason DeGraaf

Chuck Close Big Self Portrait, 1968 acrylic on canvas unframed x 83.5 x 2 inches Currently in Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN -painted subjects no one knew

The Event December 7, spinal artery collapse

Jason DeGraaf The Odyssey, 2012 acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 inches -photorealists of the 20th Century would dislike him