Below is a glossary article post in the category M which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Magic Realism based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Magic Realism
So, what is actually meant by Magic Realism?
The term Magic Realism was discovered by German photographers, art historians and art critics Franz Roh in 1925 to describe modern realist paintings with fantasy subjects or like dreams.
Explanation of Magic Realism
This term is used by Franz Spirit in his book Nach Expressionmus: Magischer realism (after expressism: magic realism).
In Central Europe, magic realism is part of a reaction to modern art or avant-garde, known as return to order, which occurs in general after the first world war. Magic realist artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio and others in Italy, and Alexander Kanoldt and Adolf Ziegler in Germany. Magic realism is closely related to depiction such as the dream of surrealism and neo-romantism in France. This term was also used for certain American painters in the 1940s and 1950s including Paul Cadmus, Philip Evergood and Ivan Albright.
In 1955 the critic of the Angel Flores used the term magic realism to describe the writing of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, and since then it has become a significant literary term when disputed.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix M, as well as terms associated with M.
Meaning of Magic Realism in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Magic Realism.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Realisme ajaib (Indonesian), Realisme sihir (Java), and Realisme sihir in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Realisme Magic.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix M. This article wasupdated in Nov of 2024.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=magic-realism
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=magic-realism
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