Realism is a social trend of thought and an artistic trend of thought in France in the19th century. French realistic art originated from neoclassicism and romanticism, which refers to both artistic creation methods and artistic realism. The word "reality" comes from Latin, meaning truth and reality. Generally speaking, realism refers to an art form that "truthfully" depicts reality and touches the world, and is sometimes called "realism". Realism abandons neoclassical myths and legends, ancient heroes, romantic medieval legends, exoticism and unrealistic fantasies, pays attention to real life and expands the scope of artistic creation. In artistic expression, it attaches importance to natural beauty and true beauty, and its characteristics are pursuing realistic techniques, faithfully describing nature and reflecting real life, advocating the evaluation of social life, caring for the lives of ordinary people and describing nature affectionately. Realism began with the barbizon School in the 1930s and 1940s, and was named after the Courbet Art Exhibition in the 1950s. French realism, characterized by objectivity and typicality, quickly influenced the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Russia, the United States and other countries. From the perspective of painting history, realism also "derived impressionism and naturalism, indirectly influenced symbolism, and directly developed into ideological trend and surrealism at the end of the century, which is the general source of western modern art concepts and various forms and schools".