Realism : the artistic form of the truth / direction, Leyla Salem ; script, Carla Jiménez, Didac Aparicio ; English script, Chris Scherer ; a co-production of Prodimag, S.L. (Spain) and FIlms Media Group (U.S.A.).
It is a creative impulse as old as humanity itself: to depict life faithfully, accurately, in words or images. This program shows how that impulse led to Realism--a widespread artistic movement, born in the latter half of the 19th century, which rejected pretense, distortion, and sentimentality. I...
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2007], ©2007.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Artistic form of the truth. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Realism vs. Romanticism
- Realism and Science
- The birth of naturalism
- Death, women and art
- American Realism
- 20th century realism
- The future of realism.