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photorealism, international art movement of the late 1960s and 70s that stressed the precise rendering of subject matter, often taken from actual photographs or painted with the aid of slides. Also known as superrealism, the style stressed objectivity and technical proficiency in producing images of photographic clarity, often street scenes or portraits. Well-known American photorealists include the painters Chuck Close Close, Chuck (Charles Thomas Close), 1940–, American painter, b. Monroe, Wash., grad. Univ. of Washington (B.A., 1962), Yale Univ. (B.F.A., 1963; M.F.A., 1964). After studying in Vienna (1964–65), he moved (1968) to New York City. ..... Click the link for more information. and Richard Estes Estes, Richard, 1936–, American painter, b. Evanston, Ill. One of the best-known American exponents of photorealism , Estes is noted for his street scenes. ..... Click the link for more information. and the sculptor Duane Hanson Hanson, Duane, 1925–96, American sculptor, b. Alexandria, Minn. A member of the superrealist movement of the late 1960s and early 70s, Hanson produced life-sized tableaux of realistic figures and props. ..... Click the link for more information. . See also contemporary art contemporary art, the art of the late 20th cent. and early 21st cent., both an outgrowth and a rejection of modern art . As the force and vigor of abstract expressionism diminished, new artistic movements and styles arose during the 1960s and 70s to challenge and |
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Their once-polished photorealism had given way to the results of the shaky hand and mixed perceptions of the mind. Photorealism and the remnants of "lyrical abstraction" waned as Pattern and Decoration, New Image, and "bad" painting waxed in a Darwinian struggle for philosophical market share. For instance, to explain the sudden blossoming in the early 1400s of a painting style that's almost photorealism, Stork recommends alternative explanations to optical technology. |
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