photographic realism
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Mr. Pinkney worked primarily in watercolor and pencil, a combination that, in his hands, produced almost photographic realism while still allowing for imaginative flourishes.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2021
Ms. Stevens is in the process of mastering a loose, somewhat photographic realism that may reflect an admiration for the paintings of Edward Hopper and Eric Fischl.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Liu, who has been making dramatic paintings of turn-of-the-century Chinese prostitutes, laborers and soldiers since the 1980s, has sometimes seemed stuck within a limited vocabulary of photographic realism and extravagantly dripping paint.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2015
It’s not clear whether Leonardo intended it as a work of photographic realism or an idealized version of his subject.
From Slate • Dec. 13, 2012
Nor has it anything to do with photographic realism.
From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.
