“All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in terms of reality.” RealityTermDiscoveryArtistic Author:Ernst Gombrich
“During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pilloried as having manufactured insipid and sugary paintings that were offensive to good taste.” ArtTermYouthPaintingMastersLoversTasteAbuseCriticsOffensiveGood TasteInsipidRenownedArt Lovers Book:The preference for the primitive: episodes in the history of Western taste and art Source: The preference for the primitive: episodes in the history of Western taste and art