New Realism

American  

noun

Philosophy.

1. neorealism.

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Other Word Forms

• New Realist noun

Etymology

Origin of New Realism

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

But with the freedom — and Medici-esque budgets — of HBO on demand, Milch was able to craft a universe with a fierce and filthy aesthetic that at once created a new realism and made questions of verisimilitude moot.

From Salon

And language puns are a nucleus of the Dada attitude she embraced as the only female member of the 1960s Parisian art movement called New Realism.

From Los Angeles Times

In scene after scene, “West Side Story” comes at you with kaleidoscopic vibrancy and sheer rhythmic force; it’s the purest big-studio affirmation of Hollywood as a dream factory in years, only now the dream merges with a pungent new realism.

From Los Angeles Times

Baker’s pursuit of a new realism caused a mini uproar when “The Flick” had its premiere at Playwrights Horizons and a share of the audience couldn’t understand why they were being asked to eavesdrop on the custodial activities of employees at a New England movie theater.

From Los Angeles Times

The friars who commissioned his work had, as followers of St Francis, a love of the natural world, and thus a desire for a new realism in art.

From Literature