Naturalism: Style of art treating drapery, bodily movements, and facial expressions as they might appear in nature or real life.
Naturalism, naturalistic
a style of art seeking to represent objects as they actually appear in nature.
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Naturalism
the goal of artists who attempt to represent a subject without stylization or interpretation, and to create a mirror for natural beauty. Cf. Verism. Also called Realism. — Naturalist, n. — Naturalistic, adj.
Emergence of Naturalism
Beginning about 1210 on the Coronation Portal of Nôtre Dame and continuing after 1225 on the west portals of Amiens Cathedral, the rippling surface treatment of the classicizing drapery was replaced by more solid volumes.
The sculptural style based more upon observation and naturalism than on formalised design developed rapidly.
He provided the impetus that gained respectability for the Pre-Raphaelites. Ruskin's letter to The Times in 1851, supporting the much-derided Pre-Raphaelites for their naturalism and truth to nature, ...
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