SINCE 1828
superrealism
noun
su·per·re·al·ism
| \ ˌsü-pər-ˈrē-ə-ˌli-zəm
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Definition of superrealism
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: photorealism
Superrealism (or photorealism) was a movement that recreated in two dimensions the look of photographs and in three dimensions used casting to achieve the utmost fidelity to reality.— Richard L. Lewis and Susan Ingalls Lewis
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: surrealism
It is not merely that superrealism wishes to introduce an element of the dream world into art; it definitely and defiantly proclaims the superiority of this dream-world …— Herbert Read
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