Photorealism is a style of art that uses hyper-realistic painting techniques to depict photographic images with great attention to detail and without interpretation or distortion. Key characteristics include paintings based on photographs of everyday subjects like diners and street scenes that appear extremely realistic. Artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes are known for their large-scale portraits and street scenes painted with invisible brush strokes using tools like projectors and grids to precisely scale up details from photographs. Sculptors like Duane Hanson and John De Andrea also contributed to the photorealism movement by creating disturbingly lifelike sculptures of ordinary people.

1. photorealismBy Lyndsay Maresca and Danielle Warren

2. Pop ArtIronic Use of MediaBased on photographic images: little to no interpretation or distortionEveryday subject matterAndy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe (1962)Chuck Close, Kate (2005)

3. MINIMALISMLack of emotional content

4. Basis in geometry Barnett Newman, The Word II (1952)Richard Estes, Paris Street Scene (1972)

5. Historical EventsVIETNAM WAR1955-1975

6. WATERGATE SCANDAL1972-1974Political UnrestDistrust of GovernmentWho can we trust?

7. Public reactionPeople did not take the movement seriously, as they believed it was nothing but a copy of a photographPhotorealism is not art because there is no emotion behind itWhy not just take a photograph?

8. Characteristics:Very detailed to the point where they appear realColors and shapes are not distorted and the subjects are extremely realisticBased off photographs Comment on consumer culture and everyday activity

9. Technique:Most artists make a small copy of a photograph beforehand and then use it was a guide to their larger picture

10. Artists pay attention to the detail, such as:

11. Composition

12. Perspective

13. Form

14. Light

15. ShadowTechnique:To copy their image onto into a larger scale, artists use tools such as overhead projectorsor the grid method

16. The grid method is when the artist divides a photograph into sections and draws each section out one by one separately

17. Airbrushing

18. Brush strokes are practically invisibleRalph GoingsCommon motifs: Diners, Pick-up trucks, hamburger standsHighlight everyday objectsPaint objectively: allow viewers to come to their own conclusions

19. Pie and Iced Tea (1987)

20. Sabrett II (2003)

21. Tux (2003)

22. Audrey FlackBegan as an Abstract Expressionist

23. Was challenged with being a female

24. She felt she had to work harder to prove herself as a female artist

25. Subjects focused on iconic women figures who were not only beautiful but intelligent and strong

26. Her paintings included imagery of human emotion such as loveand sufferingAudrey FlackUsed different types of media such as:Acrylic paintAirbrushOil paintOr a mixture of the aboveHer use of color was very vivid and intriguingSaw color as wavelengths of light instead of a material substanceHer subjects are mostly feminine but still hold a the strong and capable feel

27. Marilyn (Vanitas) 1977

28. Crayola (1972-73)

29. Chuck CloseLarge portraitsNear microscopic detailAllows the face to tell its own story

30. Mark (1979)

31. Leslie (1973)

32. Richard EstesStudied fine arts at the Institute of ChicagoWorked as a graphic designer Art focused on New York street scenesMain subjects are:Store frontsCarsGlass windowsOther reflective surfacesHis works tied in with Pop Art because of the aspects of popular culture in his art