Photorealism — is the genre of painting based on making a painting of a photograph. The term is primarily applied to paintings from the United States photorealism art movement that began in the late 1960s, early 1970s. More recently, a splinter art movement… … Wikipedia
photorealism — n. extremely detailed painting style that resembles photography … English contemporary dictionary
Photorealism — A figurative movement that emerged in the United States and Britain in the late 1960s and 1970s. The subject matter, usually everyday scenes, is portrayed in an extremely detailed, exacting style. It is also called superrealism, especially… … Glossary of Art Terms
photorealism — noun a style of art and sculpture characterized by the highly detailed depiction of ordinary life with the impersonality of a photograph. Derivatives photorealist noun & adjective photorealistic adjective … English new terms dictionary
photorealism — pho•to•re•al•ism [[t]ˌfoʊ toʊˈri əˌlɪz əm[/t]] n. (sometimes cap.) fia a style of painting depicting scenes in meticulously realistic detail, in emulation of photography • Etymology: 1960–65 pho′to•re′al•ist, n. adj … From formal English to slang
photorealism — /foʊtoʊˈriəlɪzəm/ (say fohtoh reeuhlizuhm) noun a style of painting which achieves a degree of realistic representation which is suggestive of a photograph. –photorealist, adjective, noun –photorealistic, adjective …
photorealism — photorealist, n., adj. photorealistic, adj. /foh toh ree euh liz euhm/, n. (sometimes cap.) a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, esp. in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a… … Useful english dictionary
Hyperrealism (painting) — This article is about the art movement of Hyperrealism. In painting and sculpture the phrase Hyperrealism is used to describe a photorealistic rendering of people, landscapes and scenes. Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture… … Wikipedia
Painting — For other uses, see Painting (disambiguation). The Mona Lisa, by Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the world. Painting is the practice of applying paint, pig … Wikipedia
Denis Peterson — is an American hyperrealist painter. He is a hyperrealist painter whose photorealist works [1][2][3] have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Tate Modern, Springville Museum of… … Wikipedia
