The Comparative Study Of Realistic Painting Of Velasquez And Courbet

Realism painting, as a style of visual art, still plays an irreplaceable role in contemporary China. When we recall again the development of realism painting from historical perspective, Velasquez of, from Spain in 17th century, and Courbet, from France in 19th century, interpreted the nature and content of realistic painting with their own understanding of the real world in their respective country with the corresponding historical period. Through comparing the two figures'elements of formation of the realistic painting style, it can better reveals their formation trace and evolution and can understand explicitly the origin and nature of European realistic painting. And this can solve the problems of realistic oil painting we face: first is to discern the basic principle and style of oil painting; second is to evaluate correctly the realistic oil painting.The author tries to find the difference or connective relationship in them through the comparative study of realistic painting of Velasquez and Courbet. In this article, there are some introduction about their lives, art, and ideas. The words of introduction to their painting style is the most important and according to these words , we can continue this comparative study about their painting model, language , aesthetic, spirit of painter and so on, then through this analysis we can understand why their painting model is different although they are realistic painter. This paper also demonstrates the art of Velasquez and Courbet, therefore proving their painting model with significant influence to impression. At last, the paper reveals the different source of their painting and influence, significance to today's realism paintings.