Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of painting that resembles photography in its meticulous attention to realistic detail.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
photo-realism .
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Examples
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Mr. Meisel coined the term photorealism in the 1960s; his holdings include the works by Chuck Close hanging in the warehouse entry.
Moishe's Moves Into the Arts Allison Lichter 2011
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After a period in which Andy Warhol and others fascinatingly blurred photography and painting, many portraitists responded to this competition with so-called photorealism.
The Guardian World News Mark Lawson 2011
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r me is an early master of what we now refer to as photorealism, and yet his "technicolor" paintings exude more "realism" than the actual photo props on view the immense and beautifully illustrated catalog refers to this as "accurate depictions of an imagined world."
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Not to mention that the whole "photorealism" thing in comics is vastly overrated.
That’s Kinda Messed Up | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites often featured an extremely high degree of realism (what would now be called "photorealism"); religious and mythical themes; and pictures that seem to tell a story, or a part of a story (with titles that often confirm that interpretation).
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Joaquín Martínez 2010
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Says one production executive, "No one has ever done this kind of photorealism on this scale before.
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He is responsible for the entire photorealism part.
Carmen Zella: GERMANY on the STREETS of LA Carmen Zella 2010
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He is responsible for the entire photorealism part.
Carmen Zella: GERMANY on the STREETS of LA Carmen Zella 2010
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He is responsible for the entire photorealism part.
Carmen Zella: GERMANY on the STREETS of LA Carmen Zella 2010
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He is responsible for the entire photorealism part.
Carmen Zella: GERMANY on the STREETS of LA Carmen Zella 2010
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