A critical anthology on Super Realism edited by Gregory Battcock. Essays "The Real Thing," by Gerrit Henry; "Rent is the Only Reality, or the Hotel Instead of the Hymns," by Ivan Karp; "The Deductive Image," by J. Patrice Marandel; "The Closeup Vision," by Cindy Nemser; "Some Women Realists," by Linda Nochlin; "Existential vs. Humanist Realism," by Linda Chase; "The Ersatz Object," by Kim Levin; "Realism Now," by Linda Nochlin; "Beyond Freedom, Dignity, and Ridicule," by H.D. Raymond; "Reality Again," by Harold Rosenberg; "The Phot as Subject: The Paintings and Drawings of Chuck Close," by William Dyckes; "The Silk Purse of High-style Interior Decoration," by Gerrit Henry; "Malcolm Morley: Post-style Illusionism," by Kim Levin; "Verist Sculpture: Hanson and De Andrea," by Joseph Masheck; "Paint, Flesh, Vesuvius," by Gene R. Swenson; "Realism in Drag," by Honey Truewoman; "The Grand Style," by Judith Van Baron. Includes index.