Emmett /em-mett/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Emmett) is of Old German origin, and the meaning of the name Emmett is entire, universal. Emmett is an alternate spelling of Emmet (Old German): transferred use of the surname.
The Realism Art Movement. Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution. Seeking to be undistorted by personal bias, Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the Romantic movement.
Automatism, a practice that is akin to free association or a stream of consciousness, gave the Surrealists the means to produce unconscious artwork. Surrealist artist AndrÃ© Massonâs mixed-media canvas Battle of Fishes (1926) is an early example of automatic painting.