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    Well known as the Industrial Revolution, an unprecedented advance in the efficiency of manufacturing occurred in England in the late eighteenth century. It spread to other parts of Europe and the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century and brought enormous change to humans’ life. Largely a result of technology improvement and mass production, industrialization stimulated a surge in production of manufactured goods, which largely enriched people’s material life. It also…

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    1960’s, Latin Americans were very literal in their artwork. They were considered social realists, and lacked the kind of creativity that…

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    He was met with resistance, controversy and disappointment, but today he is known to be an important American realist painter. Eakins was born in 1844 and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During his childhood he learned many technical skills from watching his own father at work. His father was a writing master and calligraphy teacher. Eakins was able to pick up…

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    exotic subject matter that accompanied the artistic movement. In contrast, artists began to favor the portrayal of ‘real life’ situations, creating the birth of Realism. Realists avoided depicting people in any artificial way, shown by the emphasis placed on the reality of the working class and the lack of heroic figures. Instead, realist works portrayed people and issues with accuracy…

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    Modernist literature patterns as completely different and is far from the use of “Intertextuality”. Meryem claims that, “Modernists look at works as example of genre and judge them by their codes” (Ayan, 137). Modernists chose different path then realist, therefore, instead of using intertextuality modernists believe that each work of art and literature is unique to itself and thus should not be combined with older work since it has its own genre. Prime example to support Ayan’s argument is book…

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    and being concerned with petty, insignificant issues. Therefore, through use of literature, realism refers to the attempt of a writer to portray human actions and environment precisely as it appears in every day life. In reaction to romanticism, realists claimed that precise documentation, sociological approach and vernacular diction were the basis of literal realism. The subject matter was sourced from everyday life, and in this case, the people in lower-class life were considered. After the…

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    variety of personal and historical factors (including all previous tradition), and to the contemporary history of bringing new things. This formed a varied history, rich colorful image. The largest representative of Baroque painting is in Flemish painter Rubens, the main representative in terms of architecture and sculpture of Bernini in…

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    artist she was. Similarly, Honore Daumier portrayed his Realist style focusing on everyday lives of the working class during difficult years in Third-Class Carriage, as stated by The Metropolitan Art Museum, “Realism emerged in the aftermath of the Revolution of 1814 that overturned the monocracy of Louis-Philippe and developed during the period of the Second Empire under Napoleon II. As French society fought for democratic reform, the Realists democratized art by depicting modern subjects…

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    create real objects because only God can create things from nature. Thereby, the carpenter creates a copy of what God created. The painter also exists in the visible realm. He is an imitator of creations made by the carpenter. The painter paints the carpenter’s artwork, he illustrates an illusion, and thus, his paintings are third removed from truth. Similar to the painters, poets like Homer are also imitators. Socrates believes imitators should be banished from the city, because they are able…

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    Being a poet and an art critic, Baudelaire was considered the “Father” for this movement and used his influence to attract painters such as Manet. In doing so, Manet was able to influence even more painters such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Edgar Degas. Gustave Flaubert in the other hand was a leader of Realism in literature esp. in France. He was the basis of realist narration and paved the way of carefully enticed writing. In relations to the rest of the chapters, each figure was used…

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