The difference between naturalism and neo-naturalism is only one century.
The prestige of good science and the power of technology have driven naturalism to the top of the mountain, because naturalism is the dominant philosophical worldview and bad art is used to make a mountain out of a molehill.
"An Original may be said to be of a vegetable nature; it rises spontaneously from the vital root of Genius."
Conjectures on Original Composition, 1759 essay by Edward Young
Smile and focus on the positive side of things.
Difference between human art and nature.
Modern science, has confirmed what ancient faiths have always taught: the most important fact of life is our natural sense of benevolence.
Futility of man up against the overwhelming power of nature.
What is the difference between art and nature? Do we need naturalistic pictures to fit an artistic point of view of the human nature because of the difference between naturalism and realism in art? Postmodernism, there is nothing beyond the spirit of things creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images.
The arts matter because they force us to think about the difference between the good and the bad, the false and the true, naturalism and realism, theory and practice. Salads don’t believe in anything.
John Tusa, Human beings experience a sentiment of freedom which is caused by great art
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Naturalism is the little sister of realism, neither fish nor fowl, because the artist sees what he paints to convey magical lyricism rather than paints what he sees.
The grand scientific project of making sense of things challenged by the futility of man up against the forces of nature.