photorealism

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Photorealism

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1. Another early Photorealistic artist was Audrey __________.
3. Photorealism started in America, but was an
______________________ movement.
6. Softer grades of pencils produce ______________ strokes.
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2. Some have said that Photorealism is a reaction to
______________________ and Abstract Expressionism.
4. The leader of Photorealism in the 1960s was Richard
_________.
5. Photorealistic artists use _____________________ to
reference their images from.
7. ________________ pencils allow for precise detailed work and
a full range of tones.
8. The ___________ method is often used to copy an image from
a photograph.


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photorealistic works
Photorealism is a genre of art that
encompasses painting, drawing and other
mediums, in which an artist studies a
_________________ and then attempts to
reproduce the image as __________________
as possible. _____________ paved the way
for Photorealism. Some have described
Photorealism as a reaction to
_________________ and _____________
__________________. Photorealism began in
the late 1960s and early 1970s; some artists
have continued the approach into the 21
st

century. The word Photorealism was coined
by Louis K. Meisel in 1969 and appeared in
print for the first time in 1970 in a Whitney
Museum catalogue for the show "Twenty-two
Realists." Photorealism began in America, but
was _____________________ art movement.
The leader of Photorealism in the 1960s was
Richard _____________ (b. 1932).

richard estes
telephone booths
1968
oil on canvas

john baeder
market street caf
1981
lithograph


chuck close
phil
1969
acrylic on canvas
audrey flack
world war II (vanitas)
1976-77
oil over acrylic on
canvas