1. Realism Hannah, Izzy, Max

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

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

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

5. 19th Century Realism Concepts: ● No embellishment ● Avoidance of artistic conventions ● Avoidance of stylization

6. 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

7. Courbet ● Set up a personal pavilion outside of the Salon in 1855-- 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)

8. Courbet Self Portraits

9. 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

11. 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

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

14. 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

15. Honore Daumier 1808-1879 ●French artist- printmaker, sculptor, painter, caricaturist ●His whole entire childhood was spent in poverty ●Protige of Alexandre Lenoir

16. 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.

18. John French Sloan 1871-1951 ●American Painter ●Took up sketches while working as a cashier ●Attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ●Help find the Ashcan School movement

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

21. Alice Neel 1900-1984 ●American Painter ●famous for using oil ●Portrayed friends, family, lovers, artists, and strangers

23. ●American Photographer ●Photographed celebrities and models ●Known for photographing fashion models in everyday locations Richard Avedon 1923-2004

26. 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

27. Advancements in Photography 1948 - the first Polaroid (or Instant) camera is sold 1984 - the first digital camera is invented 1986 - the first disposable camera is invented

28. Pop Art

29. Photorealism -daily life -characteristics of the human face

30. 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

31. Chuck Close Big Self Portrait, 1968 acrylic on canvas unframed 107.5 x 83.5 x 2 inches Currently in Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN -painted subjects no one knew

32. The Event December 7, 1988 -spinal artery collapse

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