Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art. (Clement Greenberg)

Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art.

Clement Greenberg

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