super-realism
noun[U]
artspecialized(alsosuperrealism)uk/ˌsuː.pəˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈriː.ə.lɪ.zəm/apaintingordrawingstylein whichpictureslooklikephotographs:
Evenpeoplewho don'tappreciatethesubjectmatterof super-realism canappreciatethetechnicalskillitrequires.
Superrealismattemptstotrickthe viewer'seye.
Synonym
photorealismspecialized
atypeof 20th-centuryartandliteraturein whichunusualorimpossiblethings areshownhappening:
Super-realism wastryingtoexpresssomething above and beyondordinaryreality.
Superrealism wasinspiredby Sigmund Freud'sanalysisof thesubconscious.
Synonym
surrealism
- I was good at super-realism, but Ibecamefrustratedby thetimeit took to do thatkindofdrawing.
- Superrealismavoideddramaandconcentratedoneverydaylife.
- Many of theartistsassociatedwith superrealism usedphotographsassourcesfortheirart.
- Superrealismbreaksdown thewallbetweenourinnerandouterlife.
- Some of hispicturesseemat firstsightto besimilarto super-realism.
Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetic
- anti-modern
- anti-modernism
- anti-modernist
- cubist
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionistically
- modernism
- modernist
- montage
- naturalism
- naturalistic
- regency
- rococo
- romantic
- romanticism
- screen printing