Social realism

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Social realism is an artistic and literary movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and social conditions, often highlighting the struggles and injustices faced by working-class and marginalized people.

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Generate an image of Social realism (Social realism is an artistic and literary movement that focuses on depicting everyday life and social conditions, often highlighting the struggles and injustices faced by working-class and marginalized people.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ
aimsTo criticize social injustice ⓘ
promote social reform ⓘ
raise social awareness ⓘ
contrastsWith formalism ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
developedIn early 20th century ⓘ
emergedIn late 19th century ⓘ
focusesOn depiction of everyday life ⓘ
marginalized groups ⓘ
social conditions ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anti-idealization ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ
critique of class inequality ⓘ
critique of exploitation ⓘ
documentary-like detail ⓘ
emphasis on ordinary people ⓘ
political engagement ⓘ
realistic representation ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
sympathy for the poor ⓘ
influenced 20th-century political art ⓘ
cinematic realism ⓘ
documentary photography ⓘ
socially engaged literature ⓘ
influencedBy Marxist theory ⓘ
Naturalism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
labor movements ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
relatedTo documentary realism ⓘ
political art ⓘ
proletarian literature ⓘ
socially engaged art ⓘ
typicalSubject factory workers ⓘ
rural laborers ⓘ
unemployed people ⓘ
urban poor ⓘ
typicalTheme class struggle ⓘ
inequality ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
usedMedium film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
painting ⓘ
photography ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
theatre ⓘ

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Realism → relatedMovement → Social realism ⓘ
Arthur Miller → movement → social realism ⓘ
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Naguib Mahfouz → movement → Egyptian literary realism ⓘ
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Nighthawks → movement → Social realism ⓘ
New Hollywood → influencedBy → Italian Neorealism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
Victorian era → hasCulturalMovement → Social realism in literature ⓘ
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John Steinbeck → movement → social realism ⓘ
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Victor Arnautoff → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Bernard Zakheim → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Edward Hopper → movement → Social realism ⓘ
American Regionalism → relatedMovement → Social Realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
In the World → literaryMovement → social realism ⓘ
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Ralph Stackpole → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Horace Pippin → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Dorothea Lange → movement → social realism ⓘ
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Ben Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ
John Langley Howard → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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John Langley Howard → artisticStyle → Social Realism ⓘ
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Liang Xiaosheng → movement → Chinese realism ⓘ
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Industrial Landscape → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Jacob Lawrence → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
Diego Rivera → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Sidney Hook → influencedBy → American realism ⓘ
linked to: Social realism
British New Wave → influencedBy → British theatre of social realism ⓘ
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Murals at South San Francisco Post Office → artMovement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Ashcan School → influenced → Social Realism ⓘ
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Rockwell Kent → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Gurdial Singh → genre → social realism ⓘ
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Murals at George Washington High School, San Francisco → artMovement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Murals at Palo Alto Medical Clinic → artisticMovement → Social Realism ⓘ
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José Clemente Orozco → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Orozco murals → artisticStyle → Social Realism ⓘ
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Charles White → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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James E. Allen → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Isabel Bishop → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Reginald Marsh → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Edward Hopper → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
subject linked to: Hopper
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Early Sunday Morning → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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Morning Sun → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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New York Movie → movement → American realism ⓘ
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Monkey Grip → literaryMovement → Australian realism ⓘ
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Käthe Kollwitz → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Pacific Stock Exchange sculpture program → associatedWithMovement → American social realism ⓘ
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Coit Tower interior murals (contributor) → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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David Alfaro Siqueiros → movement → Social realism ⓘ
Jorge Amado → movement → social realism ⓘ
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Ben Shahn → movement → Social realism ⓘ
subject linked to: Shahn
Ben Shahn → movement → American social realism ⓘ
subject linked to: Shahn
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Jersey Homesteads mural → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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The Meaning of Social Security → movement → Social Realism ⓘ
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