Verism
Artistic style of portraiture in ancient Rome / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about artistic preference. For artistic movement, see Verismo.
Verism was a realistic style in Roman art. It principally occurred in portraiture of politicians, whose imperfections of the face were exacerbated in order to highlight their old age and gravitas. The word comes from Latin verus (true).