hyperrealism

/ ˌhaɪpəˈrɪəlɪzəm /

noun

1. another word for photorealism

Derived Forms

• ˌhyperˈrealist, nounadjective
• ˌhyperˌrealˈistic, adjective

Example Sentences

One could argue that this hyperrealism is paramount for a third-person action game that presents a pictorial realm of visions and wonders, of fire-breathing humans and slithering giants.

From New York Times

Art critics have come up with various terms for work like DeAndrea’s, including hyperrealism, although DeAndrea notably has said he doesn’t consider himself an artist.

From New York Times

The play, which I saw with English surtitles at Krakow’s Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival last month, is a great example of the limits — and buttons — that theater pushes, through the devices of hyperrealism.

From Washington Post

Although the documentary, Canada’s Oscar entry this year for international feature film, employs 3-DCG animation technique, the attention to the line work, shading and textures in both the human characters and the environments bring the animated segments stylistically closer to Daxiong’s comic book art than hyperrealism.

From Los Angeles Times

For decades, Kim Tschang-Yeul painted water drops that sit somewhere between abstraction and hyperrealism.

From Seattle Times