Question 1

What does "photoréalisme" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

Art movement of the 1970s, also known as hyperrealism, which reproduces reality in the most detailed way possible, for example, by reproducing photographs in acrylic or oil.
Photographic quality, visually realistic of a visual work, especially in computer-generated imagery.

Question 2

Where does the French word "photoréalisme" come from?

Accepted Answer

from English photorealism which first appeared in 1968 in the mouth of Louis K. Meisel and on paper in 1970 in the catalog of the Whitney Museum for the exhibition Twenty-Two Realists. See photo-, real, and -ism

Question 3

What is the plural of the French word "photoréalisme"?

Accepted Answer

photoréalismes

photoréalisme

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