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  1. In the arts and literature, an unadorned,
  2. naturalistic approach to the subject matter.
  3. The term realism may also refer to a movement
  4. in mid-19th-century European art, a reaction
  5. against Romantic and Classical idealization
  6. and a rejection of conventional academic
  7. subjects, such as mythology, history, and
  8. sublime landscapes. The painters Courbet and
  9. Daumier represent 19th-century Realism in
  10. France: both chose to paint scenes from
  11. contemporary life, using their art to expose
  12. injustice in society. Courbet shocked the
  13. public by exhibiting large canvases that
  14. depicted ordinary people.
  15.