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MOST PAINTINGS ARE MOST PAINTINGS ARE REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE AND THE BASIC POINTS TO BEAR IN AND THE BASIC POINTS TO BEAR IN

MIND ARE:MIND ARE: THROUGH-THE-WINDOW REALISMTHROUGH-THE-WINDOW REALISM SELECTIVE REALISMSELECTIVE REALISM LIGHT-AND-SHADOW REALISMLIGHT-AND-SHADOW REALISM FRINGE REALISMFRINGE REALISM FOCUS-AND-FRINGE REALISMFOCUS-AND-FRINGE REALISM DYNAMIC REALISMDYNAMIC REALISM DREAM-WORLD REALISMDREAM-WORLD REALISM

THROUGH-THE-WINDOW THROUGH-THE-WINDOW REALISMREALISM

Eyck, Jan van (b. before 1395, Maaseik, Eyck, Jan van (b. before 1395, Maaseik, Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [now in Belgium]--d. before July 9, 1441, [now in Belgium]--d. before July 9, 1441, Bruges), Flemish painter who perfected Bruges), Flemish painter who perfected the newly developed technique of oil the newly developed technique of oil painting. His naturalistic panel paintings, painting. His naturalistic panel paintings, mostly portraits and religious subjects, mostly portraits and religious subjects, made extensive use of disguised religious made extensive use of disguised religious symbols. His masterpiece is the symbols. His masterpiece is the altarpiecealtarpiece in the cathedral at Ghent, the in the cathedral at Ghent, the Adoration of the LambAdoration of the Lamb (1432). (1432).

SELECTIVE REALISMSELECTIVE REALISM

Functions on the principle that nobody Functions on the principle that nobody can see every object in front of him but can see every object in front of him but sees only what he is interested in. Here, sees only what he is interested in. Here, the painter paints only what comes into the painter paints only what comes into visual attention and leaves out all the visual attention and leaves out all the rest. He is thus not burdened by rest. He is thus not burdened by organizational problems and can present organizational problems and can present his subject in unbalanced composition, his subject in unbalanced composition, achieving a freshness denied the first. A achieving a freshness denied the first. A good example of this is Oriental painting.good example of this is Oriental painting.

LIGHT-AND-SHADOW LIGHT-AND-SHADOW REALISMREALISM

Jan or Johannes Vermeer van DelftJan or Johannes Vermeer van Delft, b. , b. October 1632, d. December 1675, a Dutch October 1632, d. December 1675, a Dutch genre painter who lived and worked in Delft, genre painter who lived and worked in Delft, created some of the most exquisite paintings created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western art. in Western art.

His works are rare. Of the 35 or 36 paintings His works are rare. Of the 35 or 36 paintings generally attributed to him, most portray generally attributed to him, most portray figures in interiors. All his works are admired figures in interiors. All his works are admired for the sensitivity with which he rendered for the sensitivity with which he rendered effects of light and color and for the poetic effects of light and color and for the poetic quality of his images.quality of his images.

FRINGE REALISMFRINGE REALISM

What is known as Impressionism is a painting What is known as Impressionism is a painting of the fringe without focus. The painter of the fringe without focus. The painter paints only what stimulates the eye. As far paints only what stimulates the eye. As far as possible, all influences of the mind as possible, all influences of the mind should be kept out. The Impressionists—should be kept out. The Impressionists—Renoir, Monet, Seurat etc., made a careful Renoir, Monet, Seurat etc., made a careful study of light, not color. They painted in study of light, not color. They painted in small brushstrokes of different colors. small brushstrokes of different colors. (Pointillism) The surface of the object was (Pointillism) The surface of the object was broken up into a lot of little color areas.broken up into a lot of little color areas.

FOCUS-AND-FRINGE FOCUS-AND-FRINGE REALISMREALISM

Velázquez (or Velásquez), DiegoVelázquez (or Velásquez), Diego (1599-1660). Spain's greatest (1599-1660). Spain's greatest painter was also one of the supreme painter was also one of the supreme artists of all time. A master of artists of all time. A master of technique, highly individual in style, technique, highly individual in style, Diego Velasquez may have had a Diego Velasquez may have had a greater influence on European art greater influence on European art than any other painter. than any other painter.

DYNAMIC REALISMDYNAMIC REALISM

Paul, Cezanne French painter, one of the Paul, Cezanne French painter, one of the greatest of the Postimpressionists, whose greatest of the Postimpressionists, whose works and ideas were influential in the works and ideas were influential in the aesthetic development of many 20th-century aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art movements, especially artists and art movements, especially CubismCubism. . Cézanne's art, misunderstood and discredited Cézanne's art, misunderstood and discredited by the public during most of his life, grew out by the public during most of his life, grew out of of ImpressionismImpressionism and eventually challenged all and eventually challenged all the conventional values of painting in the 19th the conventional values of painting in the 19th century through its insistence on personal century through its insistence on personal expression and on the integrity of the painting expression and on the integrity of the painting itself. He has been called the father of modern itself. He has been called the father of modern painting. painting.

DREAM-WORLD DREAM-WORLD REALISMREALISM