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What does hyperrealism mean?

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Noun
  1. A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations
  2. (music) A compositional style defined by Noah Creshevsky as "an electroacoustic musical language constructed from sounds that are found in our shared environment (realism), handled in ways that are somehow exaggerated or excessive (hyper)."
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The hyperrealism achieved in this piece is so convincing it looks almost like a photograph.
He has jettisoned hyperrealism in favor of a distinctly blurred image.
More and more artists came to life, probably because high details of the hyperrealism made there drawing a lot more realistic.
Unnerved by the hyperrealism of the paintings, Coverdale turns to the ostensible source of narrative truth, Mr. Moodie.
Weston's the king of this kind of hyperrealism, matching Morrison thought for thought.
I had to learn how to do hyperrealism, airbrushing and all that.

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