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The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible, and within real life, those things are the common, routine, and ordinary rather than the unusual and outstanding. It should be a "SliceOfLife" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard]] ScienceFiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

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The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible, and within real life, those things are the common, routine, and ordinary rather than the unusual and outstanding. It should be a "SliceOfLife" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard]] hard ScienceFiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.



See also RealityIsUnrealistic, RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic, MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, RealIsBrown, ArtImitatesLife. Realism is not synonymous with cynicism, but the two are often [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism confused in ways]] which cause tropes such as [[DarkerAndEdgier edginess]], [[HotterAndSexier explicitness]] and [[BloodierAndGorier goriness]] to be associated with a work becoming "more realistic".

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This trope describes the aesthetic school known as Realism.

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Evidently, opinions vary on the topic of realism. It shares a thread of origin with {{Romanticism}}, and is more or less the supertrope of {{Naturalism}}.

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Evidently, opinions vary on the topic of realism. It shares a thread of origin with {{Romanticism}}, and is more or less the supertrope of {{Naturalism}}.
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Compare with SocialistRealism. Not to be confused with RealLife.


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Compare with SocialistRealism. Not to be confused with JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith RealLife.




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* [[Creator/DavidMitchellActor Mitchell]] and [[Creator/RobertWebb Webb]] sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "the man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "sometimes fires go out"]].



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* Theatre/{{Hamlet}}: "The purpose of playing... is to hold Creator/GustaveFlaubert's realism emerged as 'twere a reaction against the mirror up Romantics, who he viewed as suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to nature."]]
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her employer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair. However, Flaubert himself had doubts about the "realist" label feeling that his condemnations of superficial romanticism was profoundly influential easily mistaken for superficial realism.
* Creator/GuyDeMaupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses
on acting techniques, paving their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates the way developing scientific method. In "L'Horla", when the character encounters an unknown being, he tries to study it. This was a good 40 years before Lovecraft emerged on the scene.
* Creator/MachadoDeAssis is primarily known
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* Creator/HenrikIbsen is known as
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[[Creator/RobertWebb Webb]] sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "The man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "Sometimes fires go out"]].



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* Creator/GustaveFlaubert's realism emerged as a reaction against the Romantics, who he viewed a suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to her employeer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair. However, Flaubert himself had doubts about the "realist" label feeling that his condemnations of superficial romanticism was easily mistaken for superficial realism.
* Creator/GuyDeMaupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses on their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates the developing Scientific Method. In "L'Horla", when the character encounters an unknown being, he tries to study it. This was a good 40 years before Lovecraft emerged on the scene.
* Creator/MachadoDeAssis is primarily known for his unique realist style.
* Creator/HenrikIbsen is known as the father of ''realism''.

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* Creator/GustaveFlaubert's realism emerged Theatre/{{Hamlet}}: "The purpose of playing... is to hold as a reaction against 'twere the Romantics, who he viewed a suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down mirror up to nature."]]
* The Realist movement in 19th Century Theatre was profoundly influential on acting techniques, paving the way for MethodActing
and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, further establishing the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to her employeer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair. However, Flaubert himself had doubts about role of the "realist" label feeling that his condemnations of superficial romanticism was easily mistaken for superficial realism.
* Creator/GuyDeMaupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses on their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates
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* Creator/MachadoDeAssis is primarily known for his unique realist style.
* Creator/HenrikIbsen is known as the father of ''realism''.
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* [[Creator/DavidMitchellActor Mitchell]] and [[Creator/RobertWebb Webb]] sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "the man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "sometimes fires go out"]].

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* [[Creator/DavidMitchell Mitchell]] and [[Creator/RobertWebb Webb]] sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "the man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "sometimes fires go out"]].

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The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible. It should be a "SliceOfLife" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard]] ScienceFiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

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The idea is extremely simple: Art should replicate real life as closely as possible.possible, and within real life, those things are the common, routine, and ordinary rather than the unusual and outstanding. It should be a "SliceOfLife" if you will, and consistent with our expectations of reality outside the text. Realism has had various movements in different media over the centuries, and not necessarily coincident: Theatrical realism became manifest much later than realism in painting. It also appears in other forms in certain genres, such as the seeding idea of [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness hard]] ScienceFiction - the material reality of the fictional world should correspond as closely as possible to that of ours. It informs such concerns as RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.
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* {{GURPS}} is meant to be relatively realistic [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted by default]]. Optional rules and supplements either further the realism or scale it back.

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* Maupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses on their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates the developing Scientific Method. In L'Horla, when the character encounters an unknown being, he tries to study it. This was a good 40 years before Lovecraft emerged on the scene.

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* Maupassant, Creator/GuyDeMaupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses on their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates the developing Scientific Method. In L'Horla, "L'Horla", when the character encounters an unknown being, he tries to study it. This was a good 40 years before Lovecraft emerged on the scene.



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* MitchellAndWebb sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "the man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "sometimes fires go out"]].

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* MitchellAndWebb [[Creator/DavidMitchell Mitchell]] and [[Creator/RobertWebb Webb]] sketches: about a director aiming for {{Realism}}. Includes such things as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNJ5Krj7SQ "the man who had a cough and it's just a cough and he's fine"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYmXiP0-PnA "sometimes fires go out"]].
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Realism can also have different forms within a given medium. A painting could, for example, be photorealistic but depict Greco-Roman gods battling on a field. Similarly, a painting could be very abstract but depict something understood as realistic, such as two people having a conversation over coffee. The "Kitchen-Sink" dramas of the 1950s are an example of one form of realism in the {{television}} medium.

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Realism can also have different forms within a given medium. A painting could, for example, be photorealistic but depict Greco-Roman gods battling on a field. Similarly, a painting could be very abstract but depict something understood as realistic, such as two people having a conversation over coffee. The "Kitchen-Sink" dramas of the 1950s are an example of one form of realism in the {{television}} {{UsefulNotes/television}} medium.
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* Flaubert's realism emerged as a reaction against the Romantics, who he viewed a suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to her employeer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair.

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* Flaubert's Creator/GustaveFlaubert's realism emerged as a reaction against the Romantics, who he viewed a suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to her employeer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair. However, Flaubert himself had doubts about the "realist" label feeling that his condemnations of superficial romanticism was easily mistaken for superficial realism.



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* Travolta's opening monologue for ''{{Swordfish}}'' mentions realism and asserts that True Art is Realistic, which is ironic considering how unrealistic the movie itself is.

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Evidently, [[YourMileageMayVary opinions vary]] on the topic of realism. It shares a thread of origin with {{Romanticism}}, and is more or less the supertrope of {{Naturalism}}.

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** Fellini was reacting to this by emphasizing the personal as well psychological imagery borrowed from Jung. In 8 1/2, a neorealist repeatedly derides the Fellini stand-in for talking about women rather than social problems.

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** Fellini was reacting to a similar realism in Italy by emphasizing the person as well psychological imagery borrowed from Jung.

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*Italian Neorealism was, at one point, one of the great cinematic forces in the world. It grew out of Italian nationalist cinema after the war and focused on the problems of overlooked people rather than powerful heroes.
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*Realism was reacted against rather violently by the autors in Soviet states. In Stalinist films straightforward narratives that emphasized the economics conditions of the working class were violently enforced. Anything else was derided as decadent. Emphasis was also placed on the "objective" rather than the "personal".
**Tarkovsky rebelled against this by emphasizing that nature was more important than human life and that, in human life, we rarely get answers to our questions.
**Parajanov rebelled against this by emphasizing symbolism drawn from native Ukrainian culture to tell stories that seem rather small or trivial such as the life of a single poet or a musician trying to get a wife.
**Fellini was reacting to a similar realism in Italy by emphasizing the person as well psychological imagery borrowed from Jung.


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*Flaubert's realism emerged as a reaction against the Romantics, who he viewed a suicidally melodramatic. His work is about toning down and checking that emotion. For example, in Felicite, the main character's love relationships with her parent and her motherly relationship to her employeer's daughter are much more important than her love her affair.
*Maupassant, Flaubert's protege, had a similar style. When he depicts people at war, he focuses on their fears, anxieties and sacrifices. His work also incorporates the developing Scientific Method. In L'Horla, when the character encounters an unknown being, he tries to study it. This was a good 40 years before Lovecraft emerged on the scene.
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See also RealityIsUnrealistic, RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic, MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, RealIsBrown, ArtImitatesLife. Realism is not synonymous with cynicism, but the two are often [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism confused in ways]] which cause tropes such as [[DarkerAndEdgier edginess]], [[HotterAndSexier explicitness]] and [[BloodierAndGorier goriness]] to be associated with a work becoming "more realistic". When this is invoked to criticize or praise a particular work, someone has just claimed that TrueArtIsRealistic.

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See also RealityIsUnrealistic, RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic, MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, RealIsBrown, ArtImitatesLife. Realism is not synonymous with cynicism, but the two are often [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism confused in ways]] which cause tropes such as [[DarkerAndEdgier edginess]], [[HotterAndSexier explicitness]] and [[BloodierAndGorier goriness]] to be associated with a work becoming "more realistic". When this is invoked to criticize or praise a particular work, someone has just claimed that TrueArtIsRealistic.
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A number of other aesthetic movements have sprung from - and in some cases, in opposition to - realism, such as cubism. The expectation of realism from fiction is actually relatively recent (it didn't really gain steam until the 19th century, though I'm getting particular date from Wikipedia's article on literary realism) and culturally bound. In literary terms, realism is the distinguishing feature of the novel, specifically psychological realism, where the characters act, or are supposed to act, like real people instead of just acting in certain ways to serve the needs of the plot. (Compare how people act in novels with how people act in fairy tales.)

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A number of other aesthetic movements have sprung from - and in some cases, in opposition to - realism, such as cubism. The expectation of realism from fiction is actually relatively recent (it didn't really gain steam until the 19th century, though I'm getting particular date from Wikipedia's article on literary realism) and culturally bound. In literary terms, realism is the distinguishing feature of the novel, specifically psychological realism, where the characters act, or are supposed to act, like real people instead of just acting in certain ways to serve the needs of the plot. (Compare how people act in novels with how people act in fairy tales.)
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->''"You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit... I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision."''
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