as in naturalism
realistic depiction in art and literature
using ordinary people as models, even when depicting the greatest of saints, Caravaggio brought an unforgiving realism to painting that was unprecedented
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With the boisterous energy of direct speech, the novelist Ferdia Lennon takes on both the playfulness and the harsh realism of Euripides.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
In setting his characters on a furious collision course, Baker seems bent on pushing realism, humanism, comedy, and action well past the point of formal compatibility.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Studies on naïve realism usually focus on how people can have a different understanding of the same situation.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
The movie Sundown was shot on location in Texarkana, Tex., and features many locals in small parts, imbuing the movie with a queasy realism.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
In setting his characters on a furious collision course, Baker seems bent on pushing realism, humanism, comedy, and action well past the point of formal compatibility.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Studies on naïve realism usually focus on how people can have a different understanding of the same situation.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2024
The movie Sundown was shot on location in Texarkana, Tex., and features many locals in small parts, imbuing the movie with a queasy realism.
—Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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