Thesaurus results for PHOTO-REALISM

photo-realism

noun

Definition of photo-realism

as in realism

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Recent Examples of photo-realism Video game graphics have been defined by technical limitations ever since the invention of the art form, with photorealism only becoming possible within the last decade. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 Many of these images were highly persuasive, complete with fully legible text, shading, and other visual props that increased their photorealism. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Aside from the out-there storylines, these movies look nothing like Studio Ghibli or the photorealism of a Disney/Pixar film. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026 Then the animators could take over and finish the rest with their skillful photorealism. — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025 In the same way that VR gaming has been detrimentally entwined with the pursuit of photorealism, VR gaming has been co-opted by these hardcore values that ultimately limit the medium. — Marcus Carter, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2024

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Noun

Like all classic noirs, Frank cultivates a sweaty, visceral realism to the main character’s desire to have a better life at any cost.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
For much of the following century, food photography functioned as a sort of ethnographic art, a form of restrained realism preoccupied with light and shadow, shape and symbolism.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of realism

Noun

In true Joycean fashion, Ironweed wants both symbolism and naturalism, the elevated language of heaven’s vaults alongside the unadorned details of bodily filth.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Possessing a previously unimaginable degree of naturalism, Raphael’s Madonnas appear to think and feel.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of naturalism

Noun

American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
For as dutifully naturalistic as the setups are, the film occasionally takes on the feel of a stage play, where its latticework of accents, syntaxes, and acting styles are allowed to accentuate something other than strict verisimilitude.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026