 This new approach grew out of the 1850 French reaction to selected aspects of Romanticism, mainly "costumbrismo".As artistic style rebelled against "art for art's sake" and literary imagination grew tired of fanciful and colorful depictions, artists and authors began to focus more objectively on people, actions, and society.The main precursor was Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), who, with works like "The Human Comedy", imposed a moral and social objective on the novel.