— photorealist , n. , adj. — photorealistic , adj.
/foh'toh ree"euh liz'euhm/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )
a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, esp. in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
Also, photo realism . Also called sharp-focus realism, superrealism .
[ 1960-65; PHOTO- + REALISM ]