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Art history

the demand that painters render natural forms with close, faithful observation rather than conventional formulas.

In art history, truth to nature refers to the demand that painters render natural forms with close, faithful observation rather than conventional formulas. This meaning comes from Ruskin (1843) in Modern painters.[1]

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Ruskin, J. (1843). Modern painters (Vol. 1). Smith, Elder. Open Library record

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