naturalism
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His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
A decided positivism—the painstaking naturalism of the pre-Darwinian life sciences, with their attention to the taxonomy, function and illustration of biological forms—made itself felt in his work habits and in his meticulous drawings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
This is an astonishing work of naturalism in the spirit of Zola’s “L’Assommoir.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
The other is biological naturalism, which argues the opposite.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
All my life had shaped me for the realism, the naturalism of the modern novel, and I could not read enough of them.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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