At the time of its completion, ca. 1594-1595, the painting was unconventional for its contemporary realism and departure from traditional Magdalene iconography.

Penny continues to push the boundary on contemporary sculptural realism in these works through accentuating the variability in the human form.

Their stable presently places a strong emphasis on contemporary realism.

The book is both a mystery and a spiritual journey, combining contemporary realism with Haisla mysticism.

This is in opposition to contemporary realism which simply takes objective experience as positively given.

His nominalism was so much opposed to the contemporary philosophical realism that the third period of Scholasticism is made to begin with him.

Graydon Parrish's style is a mix of classical realism and contemporary realism.

The core of the collections reflects traditional and contemporary realism.

Working in watercolor, oil on linen, or pastel, Silverman's style is contemporary American realism.

His disdain for contemporary American realism is invigorating and extremely intelligent, but his own solution does not seem to be a genuinely new fiction.