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ver·ism  (vrzm)
n.
Realism in art and literature.
[Italian verismo : vero, true (from Latin vrus; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots) + -ismo, system of principles (from Latin -ismus, -ism).]
verist n.
ve·ristic (v-rstk) adj.
verism [ˈvɪərɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) extreme naturalism in art or literature
[from Italian verismo, from vero true, from Latin vērus]
verist  n & adj
veristic  adj
Verism
a naturalistic approach, especially in portraiture, in which every wrinkle and flaw of the subject is faithfully reproduced; extreme realism. Cf. Naturalism, Realism. — Verist, n. — Veristic, adj.
See also: Art
the artistic use of commonplace, everyday, and contemporary material in opera, especially some 20th-century Italian and French works, as Louise. — verist, n., adj. — veristic, adj.
See also: Music
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The Verist artists, such as Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz, portrayed the Weimar demimonde of prostitutes, pimps, cocaine addicts and transvestites and also businessmen, lawyers and poets.
Glitter and doom; German portraits from the 1920s by Reference & Research Book News
As its catalogue is quick to declare, the show's focus is on the left-leaning Verist wing of Neue Sachlichkeit practice, foregoing the tame society portraits and classicizing views also associated with the term.
The body politic by Bader, Graham / Artforum International
In general, the verist replacement of the universal by the strongly regional setting aroused international admiration, and in a musicologist of Nejedly's erudition what therefore emerged as a certain prudery in relation to world movements is surprising.
Janacek: a few glosses on his operas by Stedron, Milos / Czech Music
 
 
 
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