... important artist of this time was Georges Seurat. He perfected the style of pointillism, which was a picture made up of tiny dots of color. The Impressionists didn't try and capture realism in their paintings. This era was a very important period in art. Post Impressionists and Fauves both used rapid vigorous brush strokes and bright colors. The post impressionists came about in ... artist also often tried to show the subject from several view points at the same time. Surrealism took place between 1920 and 1950. Surrealism is an invented word meaning super realism. Surrealism paintings ...

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... to undress when this painting was painted. He doesn't leave out the dirt on her foot or her crumpled dress. Another artist associated with Realism is Honore Daumier, however he painted in the realistic style before Realism was officially recognized. Daumier was very realistic in his depictions of life as it was. He often would paint scenes in which authorities were corrupt ... ...

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... Betrayal of Jesus, in and of itself, is truly a masterful work. It is one of the earliest examples of humanism in European art, depicting a very religious and doctrinal scene with realism and texture. The work tells a narrative in parts, of the legendary deceptive kiss of Judas and its immediate ramifications. The detail put into the faces of the figures shows a myriad ... , realistic effect, one which is new to art at the time. No longer just flat representations of simple images, the dimensions of the robes and faces serve to accentuate the realism and passion of the scene. The shapes ...

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... relationship between distance and the diminishing size of objects as they appear further away. These optical and geometrical principals allowed artists of Brunelleschi's generation to produce works of much greater realism than ever before. Leon Battista Alberti published a treatise that established, for the first time , guidelines for drawing three dimensional scenes on a two dimensional panel or wall, based on Brunelleschi's findings ... possible the concept of infinity in art, made portholes into imaginary space possible, and by creating an adequate reproduction of our optical image, ...

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... 1435 he moved to Brussels, where he was appointed official city painter. His style derives from the work of his two contemporaries, Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin. He used realism and dynamic language in his works, and he was called a master of Gothic art. The painting "Virgin and Child" was finished in 1460. The artist used oil on panel. The ... ...

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... in 1668, when he became gravely ill. All of his paintings appear to be very different, but upon a closer observation many similarities may be viewed. All of the paintings use realism to illustrate the daily lifestyle of the artists society and to bring a deeper meaning to the moral imperative. In "The Dentist," Molenaer expresses an average dental visit of a person in ... ...

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... Century and Change, Balding and Mansell, 1980  Sarane Alexandrian, Surrealist Art, Thames and Hudson, 1985  Martin, Richard, Fashion and Surrealism, Thames and Hudson 1988  Fer B., Batchelor D., Wood P., Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism, The Open University, 1993  Sandrow, Nahma, Surrealism: Theatre, Arts, Ideas, Harper Torchbooks, 1972 ...

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... the end of WWI. There where many artists in this period but the main chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix. They created styles of sharp realism and protest that mirrored the disillusionment following World War I. New objectivity retained the intense emotionality of earlier movements in German art, but it left the symbolism of expressionism for true ... ...

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... into a realistic world, one that is built horizontally, unlike the vertical painting of the medieval artists. "The Battle" also contains both linear and atmospheric depth, which adds an element of realism and naturalism that typifies the Renaissance. The figures battling in the foreground are much larger than the buildings and doorways shadowed in the background and there is a main focus point ... ...

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... in the modern world. Surrealism is art without direct meaning, which doesn't always portray the beautiful aspects of Earth, but instead show truth in a hidden form. It literally means, "Super-realism, implies a greater reality underlying the world of appearances.." (William, Flemming, Arts & Ideas, 6th Edition, Syracuse New York, pp 424). When surrealism was in the early stages, it was rejected because ... ...

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