num_pages: 288
description: Setting Realism in its social and historical context, the author discusses the crucial paradox posed by Realist works of art - notably in the revolutionary paintings of Courbet, the works of Manet, Degas and Monet, of the Pre-Raphaelites and other English, American, German and Italian Realists.
language: English
title: Realism
titlecomplete: Realism (Style and Civilization)
genres: France, Art and Photography, History, Art History, Essays, Nonfiction, Theory, Art
ratings_count: 202
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Arts and Letters
publisher: Penguin Books