1. ‘Cuz reality isn’t real enough
Realism
‘Cuz reality isn’t real enough

2. Characteristics Avoid flowery language
Use of careful observation and accurate descriptions
Examined social questions

3. Literature Flaubert (1821-1880), Madame Bovary
Attacked Bourgeois society
Exposed problems with romanticism in real world
Thackeray ( ), Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
Did opposite of romantic authors.
Charles Dickens ( )
Focused on lower and middle classes
Descriptions of urban poor and brutality of life at the time was incredibly realistic…
Had elements of romanticism as well (just to confuse APEURO students)

4. Realism in Art Courbet (1819-1877) Millet (1814-1875)
“I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.”
Millet ( )
Focused on rural life
Appreciated nature (sort of romantic) but his paintings were not romantic (wait and see…)

5. Gustave Courbet

10. Jean-François Millet