Realism - Style and Civilization Author:Linda Nochlin 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. — 1. The nature of realism — 2. Death in the mid nin... more »eteenth century
3. 'Il faut etre de son temps' : realism and the demand for contemporaneity