The Painters of the realism movement of the mid-19th centuries Ideas about the Realism art were to discard theatrical drama, lofty subjects and classical forms of art in favor of commonplace themes, and to form pieces of art that speek in the third person objective reality. Realists render everyday characters, situations, dilemmas, and objects, all in a “true-to-life” manner. Artist of realists work wanted you to be able to put yourself into the shoes of the person in the painting and more of a real level. Realist painting has continued to come about in modern times also. In todays times you can find pieces of work that are like this. They are clear paintings that look real. That give you the opportunity to think what you will about the painting and put your own life adventures into them.
Just as the words realists visual arts imply, artist wanted their work to look real and to speek to people on more of a real personal level. Realism sets as a goal not to imitating past artistic achievements but the truthful and accurate depiction of the models that nature and contemporary life offer to the artist. Allan R. Banks is a very talented realist painter. For me personally just by looking at many of his pieces I find peace and calmness. Both of his paintings, Children with Lop-eared Rabbit and Turning Leaves both spoke to me. When I look at the one with the two children I see happiness between them both. I see innocence. They are together because of a peaceful rabbit. And when I look at the other one of the little girl called Turning Leaves, it also gives me this calmness feeling. You just see the innocence of the little girl and how she doesn't look sad or happy. She is just at peace with the world and herself. When looking at this painting I put myself in the shoes of the child. I remembered by child hood and how at that time I was the same way. When life was easy and peaceful all the time.
Lot of the paintings that portray realists views, tend to not have huge titles. They have general titles so that it gives the viewer the option to think and feel what is really going on in the picture. Starr Abbott is another realists panter. One of her pieces really speaks to me. Its called “A Summer Romance”. As the title implies it's about a summer romance. But say you didn't know what the title was, would you still be able to see and feel that it was about true love? Many times in todays society people don't take the time to sit down and look at art. But with pieces of work like this one, by Starr, you can instantly feel the love of the two people in this painting. As a viewer you put yourself in the painting weither you are a male of female you can put yourself into it and feel something. I felt the happiness that they were feeling. It made me think about my past relationships and how I felt through them. It brought emotions to me of happiness and joy. It helped me to remember all the good times I used to have. 
It's a strange feeling when all you have to do is look at a painting and feel emotions start to come to the surface. When I look at realists work, I feel those emotions. I feel emotions of happiness, sadness, peacefulness, calmness. It brings all those things to the surface for me because they are so real, and they are so catching to the eye. Thats exactly what those artest wanted. Is for people to bring those emotions out of people.
The name Belle Epoque encompasses the realities of expansion, carefree attitudes, a faith in progress, and an affluence spreading down through society, together with a certain nostalgia. This nostalgia was an embellishing memory of reality coming out of the trauma of the First World War. The Belle Epoque period had much impact on people. The characteristics that stood out not only in the people but also in the art work still sticks with many of its views to this day. We can look back on that time a see a great change that took place. Change happened not only in the surroundings but also in the people. The time of the Belle Epoque was about 1850 to about the 19th century. This was the time right around both world war 1 and 2. Lots of times durring this period things like people would be reflected in art work or in sculptures. 
One of the biggest changes of this time was of the women. The women of this time period went through a dramatic change. Many people said it was a rebellious act and others said that it was just their way of expressing who they were and them growing up into a new time period. Wealthy Girls durring this time period often wore corsets and extravagant hats to be distinguished from the others. Over their tightly laced corsets they would wear a long heavy dress that covered most of their bodys. The corset was worn to show off every little curve of a women's body. Not much of their skin would show. Then over the dress they would wear a fur coat if it was cooler out. The accessories were also very important; women wore leather gloves, ankle boots and sometimes parasols. Some of the wealthiest women wore jewelry, perfume and makeup. Now the change that went under way was that girls started to feel uncomfortable being all laced up and not being able to breath in their corsets. Girls during this time often had long hair that they tied up and so girls were getting tired of always having to put up their hair day after day. So the girls started to change. They started to wear baggier dresses. And they cut most of their hair off. Their dresses would end at the knee and show most of their arms. They were exposing much more skin. Many people said they looked like boys but in fact they looked like girls that were comfortable. Women started to gain confidence in the way that they were and started to have more of a free spirit. Their clothes gave them not only room to breath literally but also in their attitudes. 
Art and sculptures were something that was influenced by this time period also. At first the art was resemblance to the way that women looked. The art had curves and body to it. They were almost a stiff and refined look to them. Many of the paintings were simple but elegant. The architecture of things showed shape and curves. Just like the picture to the right just shows an elegant setting even the chairs have curve and body to them. As time went on though, these things tended to dye off and people started to care less about the curve in a person or painting and more in the way that they acted or their attitude was. The change was definitely clear from the people to the art during this time period. 
