A picture is worth a thousand words Photography can be a more effective and reasonably economical alternative to drawing or painting, but more thoughts and feelings are needed in a painting than in a photograph. simple compared to painting, which is a much more complex task. With photography the composition is already completely laid out, but with a painting the goal is much more open to interpretation by the artist. The artist has the ability to capture much more emotion, understanding and meaning in an event and to apply this fiery drive to his brush when creating his masterpiece. When dealing with reality, I think a photograph can represent an actual physical memory of a person or object, but a painting created from scratch adds the reality of perception to the equation. Reality is always open to different observations and interpretations. Artists of the Realism period focused on the real world as they saw it and chose to construct their works with normal daily activities, thus making it even more real. A painter of this period was Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. In his piece titled Ville d'Avray, he chooses to capture a woman in a forest-like setting. The text states that Corot worked very quickly to be able to capture the “underlying rhythm of nature” and make his landscapes reveal the magical moment of truth. In my interpretation, his quick brushstrokes with light and dark values ​​are intended to create movement; you can practically see the wind blowing through the rustling trees, gently swaying the woman's long, flowing skirt. With his choice of colors, I feel a slight chill from the breeze due to the mist and dimly lit sky. If this were a photograph the image would be less blurry and I would see a woman, a couple of trees and more defined colours. I wouldn't feel anything from the photograph. I would only see objects. With this painting, however, I interpret it to make me feel a certain way (serene and lethargic), and it pushes me to think about why this woman is in the trees on such a windy day. This painting allows me to reflect and speculate on whether the artist had similar feelings while creating such a magnificent composition. Another thought-provoking painting created during the Realist period is Gustave Courbet's The Burial at Ornans..