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The use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions which were seen as artificial and untruthful. In painting (in Italy), the I Macchiaioli and Scapigliatura. American verismo is an artistic style inspired by the original Italian style.

"Fiorella" 2012 by Jerry Ross