Faithful depictions of everyday subjects define 19th-century realism and the related naturalist movement — born, in part, of new insights into science and biology and an interest in a Darwinian view ...

Why they are like oil and water. Naturalism is the idea that there is no such person as God or anything like God; we might think of it as high-octane atheism or perhaps atheism-plus. It is possible to ...

What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? We look at the history of artists ...

Preface: essays in honour of Alex Potts -- Introduction: realism then and now / Andrew Hemingway -- The transactions of detail / Briony Fer -- Realism's credibility problem / Joshua Shannon -- ...

Naturalism is a broad category in philosophy that has its roots in natural philosophy. In Europe, before the scientific Enlightenment, scholars differentiated the world into the natural and ...

Alarmed by a drumbeat of shrinking bird and butterfly populations, dying pollinators, and invasive pests and plants, gardeners are embracing the idea that their own landscapes can help. The National ...

"A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." - David Hume (An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding) After two years of blogging, it's time to take stock. What have I been saying? Not much ...