Objective 32: The student will demonstrate understanding by examining the characteristics of Realism
Realism Overlaps w/Romanticism (late 1800s) Reaction against Romanticism Wanted to “tell the truth” and be “objective” Showed “the bad side” of nature and society to balance Romanticism’s overdone “good side” Scientific observers of detail (esp. in art)
Realism: Key Characteristics Portrayed “real” daily life Middle and lower classes Democratization City life and urbanization Social problems Poverty Bad working conditions Polluted cities
Ingres’ “Odalisque” from Romanticism (REVIEW)
The Realist version… Olympia by Edouard Manet
Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet