R EALISM, R EALIST OR R EALISTIC ARE TERMS THAT DESCRIBE ANY MANIFESTATION OF PHILOSOPHICAL REALISM, THE BELIEF THAT REALITY EXISTS INDEPENDENTLY OF OBSERVERS, WHETHER IN PHILOSOPHY ITSELF OR IN THE APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES. I N THIS BROAD SENSE IT IS FREQUENTLY CONTRASTED WITH I DEALISM. R EALISM IN THE ARTS CONCERNS THE DEPICTION OF SUBJECTS AS THEY APPEAR IN EVERYDAY LIFE. T HESE PAINTERS WANTED THEIR PAINTINGS TO LOOK LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS PHILOSOPHICAL REALISMI DEALISM R EALISM IN THE ARTS Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo ) is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil on a poplar panel, completed circa 1503–1519. It is on permanent display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.ItalianLeonardo da VincipoplarpanelMusée du Louvre The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman, Lisa del Giocondo, whose facial expression has been frequently described as enigmaticLisa del Giocondo

REALIST ART Trying to reproduce the world around us. Born in the XIX century with G. Courbet and painters who rejected the idealization.

LEONARDO DA VINCI ( ) Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, near Vinci, Italy, and died May 2, 1519 in Cloux, France. His father, Ser Piero, was a respected Florentine businessman. His mother, Caterina, was a peasant women. Ser Piero's parents did not consider Caterina a worthy catch, so Ser Piero and Caterina remained unmarried. Caterina later married someone of her own station. Da Vinci´s self-portrait.