Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to:

In the arts Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include:

Aesthetic Realism American Realism Classical Realism Literary realism, a movement from the mid-19th to the early 20th century Magical realism, a genre of fiction and art that blurs the line between speculation and reality Neorealism (art) (including Italian neorealism and Indian neorealism) New realism, a movement founded in 1960 Realism (art movement), 19th-century painting group Realistic Manifesto Theatrical realism, one of the many types of theatre such as Naturalism Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, an art movement Social realism Socialist realism, an art style developed in the Soviet Union

In philosophy Philosophical realism Realist approaches in philosophy include:

Aesthetic realism (metaphysics) Agential realism Aristotelian realism Australian realism Austrian realism Christian realism Common sense realism Conceptualist realism Constructive realism Cornell realism Critical realism (disambiguation) Dialectical realism Empirical realism Entity realism Epistemic/ontic structural realism Epistemological realism Hermeneutic realism Internal/pragmatic realism Local realism Logical realism Manifest realism Metaphysical realism Modal realism Model-dependent realism Moderate realism Moral realism Mystical realism Naïve realism New realism (philosophy) Peircean realism Perspectival realism Platonic realism Pluralistic realism Quasi-realism Rational realism Realistic monism Realistic rationalism Referential realism Relational realism Representational realism Romantic realism Scientific realism Musgrave's scientific realism Scotistic realism Semantic realism (epistemology) Semantic realism (philosophy of science) Semi-realism Set-theoretic realism Speculative realism Spiritual realism Subtle realism Theological critical realism Transcendental realism Truth-value link realism

In the social sciences Realist approaches in the social sciences include:

Ethnographic realism, either a descriptive word, i.e. of or relating to the first-hand participant-observation practices of ethnographers, or a writing style or genre that narrates in a similar fashion Legal realism, the view that jurisprudence should emulate the methods of natural science, i.e., rely on empirical evidence New legal realism Realism (international relations), the view that world politics is driven by competitive self-interest Classical realism (international relations) Neorealism (international relations) Structural realism, in international relations Subtle realism, in social science research methodology

Media Realistic (album), by Ivy Realism (Steril album), by Steril Realism (The Magnetic Fields album), an album by The Magnetic Fields The Realist (American magazine), a satirical magazine The Realist (British magazine), a magazine dedicated to scientific humanism

Politics Czech Realist Party, former political party in Austria-Hungary Realists (political party), conservative political party in the Czech Republic

Other uses Realistic (brand), a brand of home audio electronics produced by RadioShack

See also Anti-realism Classical realism (disambiguation) Critical realism (disambiguation) Depressive realism Digitalism Idealism (disambiguation) Irrealism (disambiguation) Neorealism (disambiguation) Pseudorealism Raëlism Reality Real (disambiguation)