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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Prodimag, S.L
Films Media Group
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Salem, Leyla
Jiménez, Carla
Aparicio, Didac
Scherer, Chris
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: 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.
Variant Title:
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.