photorealism

[foh-toh-ree-uh-liz-uh m]

noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.

Sometimes photo realism.

Origin of photorealism

First recorded in 1960–65; photo- + realism

Also called sharp-focus realism, superrealism.

Related formspho·to·re·al·ist, noun, adjectivepho·to·re·al·is·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for photorealism

Contemporary Examples of photorealism

The portrait of Beyoncé might not have the photorealism of his Morgan Freeman masterpiece, but it sure does come damn close to it.
This iPad Finger Painting of Morgan Freeman Is Amazingly Realistic
Chancellor Agard
December 4, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for photorealism

photorealism

noun

a style of painting and sculpture that depicts esp commonplace urban images with meticulously accurate detail

Derived Formsphotorealist, noun, adjective

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