“现实主义”作为艺术流派的专指,最早由法国画家库尔贝提出。库尔贝以写实的手法,描绘社会现实生活的一些场景,自命为“现实主义”,“现实主义”画派由此而生。《辞海》给“现实主义”下的定义是:“客观地观察现实生活,按照生活的本来样式精确细腻地描写现实,真实地表现典型环 “Realism” as a specialized art genre, first proposed by the French painter Courbet. Courbet, in a realistic manner, portrays some scenes of social reality and proclaims “realism.” The “Realism” school of painting is thus born. The definition of “Ci Hai” to “realism” is: "objectively observe the real life, accurately and delicately describe the reality according to the original style of life, and truly represent the typical ring