Social realism

Social realism is an artistic movement which first started in the 1930s during the Great Depression. It was seen in art, books and film. Social realism rejects the romanticized view of life and instead truthfully shows poverty, discrimination, and the difficult life of the working class. Social realism discards superstition and mysticism, both of which are often featured in other films to distract people from the hopelessness of their situation.
An artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts social and racial injustice, economic hardship, through unvarnished pictures of life's struggles; often depicting working class activities as heroic. The movement is a style of painting in which the scenes depicted typically convey a message of social or political protest edged with satire.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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I DEFINITION AND ORIGINS ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
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II DIEGO RIVERA ………………..………………………………………………………………..................................
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III INFLUENCES ON MOVEMENT …………………………………………………………..................................
mexican revolution………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
great depression……………………………………………………………………………………………........................
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III SOCIAL REALISM IN PHOTOGRAPHY……………………...………………………………………………………..
dorothea lange……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
walker evans………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
iv ashcan school…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
v connected movements……………………………………………………………………………………………….
iDEALISM…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
REGIONALISM……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
vi “american gothic”………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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GLOSSARY ………………………………………………………………