Naturalistic art, as we know it, is an art which imitates the appearance of things, not as they are in reality, but as they appear at one moment from the point of view of a single spectator. This is the… — Sigfried Giedion Copy Share Image
Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art. — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image