Imaginative Realism
Imaginative Realism

Author: James Gurney

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2009-10-20

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0740785508

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A examination of time-tested methods used by artists since the Renaissance to make realistic pictures of imagined things.

Magical Realism
Magical Realism

Author: Lois Parkinson Zamora

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 9780822316404

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On magical realism in literature

Realist Techniques in Water Media
Realist Techniques in Water Media

Author: Rudy De Reyna

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780823045112

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The book shows how to use water-based painting media - transparent watercolour, opaque watercolour (or gouache), and acrylic - in the manner of realist techniques, whether it's called 'magic realism', 'sharp focus realism', 'photo realism' or just plain 'realism'.

Magic(al) Realism
Magic(al) Realism

Author: Maggie Ann Bowers

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1134493118

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Bestselling novels by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a multitude of others have enchanted us by blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Their genre of writing has been variously defined as 'magic', 'magical' or 'marvellous' realism and is quickly becoming a core area of literary studies. This guide offers a first step for those wishing to consider this area in greater depth, by: exploring the many definitions and terms used in relation to the genre tracing the origins of the movement in painting and fiction offering an historical overview of the contexts for magic(al) realism providing analysis of key works of magic(al) realist fiction, film and art. This is an essential guide for those interested in or studying one of today's most popular genres.