Realism

Definition: the belief that reality exists independently of observers Appears after the 1848 French Revolution
 * Realism - **EDavis, JBingham, KHuskin
 * How things are not how we want them to be...**

Rejected Romanticism because they glorified ordinary people rather than Romantic heroes Looking at the world through an Objective lense People had more faith in the benefits of science which resulted in growing secularism
 * Big Ideas**

Not a complete departure from Romanticism because it still plays on human emotion Concentration on the material world Intellectual developments only reached the educated elites and had few practical benefits
 * Important to Know**

Emphasis on basic scientific research which resulted in scientific discoveries and technologies Louis Pasteur - germ theory Darwin - evolution
 * Important to be familiar with**
 * Science**

Created sociology - the view of human society being a science Auguste Comte - psychology based in mathematics and what could be proved
 * Social Science**

Tried to portray the truthful and accurate version of subjects instead of a subjective Romantic view Charles Dickens - "Great Expectations" focused on the lower and middle class Gustav Flaubert - "Madame Bovary" "Stone Breakers" []
 * Literature and Art**