Impressionism as optical realism: Monet (Cramer and Grant)
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Impressionism as optical realism: Monet (Cramer and Grant)

ByEdward Eggleston

“Impressionism raises complex and interesting questions about realistic representation. Although we tend to have powerful reflexive judgments about what is realistic in art and what is not, the basis for such judgments is frequently unclear. Supporters of Impressionist painting subtly but substantially shifted the criteria for judging truth to reality in painting.”
(Cramer and Grant)

Primitivism and Modern Art. (Cramer and Grant)
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Primitivism and Modern Art. (Cramer and Grant)

ByEdward Eggleston

“Primitivism in art involves the appreciation and imitation of cultural products and practices perceived to be “primitive,” or at an earlier stage of a supposed common scale of human development. This definition contains a basic contradiction: the primitive is admired and even seen as a model, but at the same it is also presumed to be inferior, because it is not fully developed. This paradox makes primitivism a concept that is both intellectually and morally complex.” (Cramer and Grant)