▁influ ences ▁on ▁Sm art ' s ▁work . ▁Sm art ▁said ▁that ▁seeing ▁Pier o ' s ▁works ▁was ▁" like ▁falling ▁in ▁love " ▁His ▁favorite ▁of ▁Pier o ' s ▁paint ings ▁was ▁The ▁Flag ell ation ▁of ▁Christ . ▁He ▁shared ▁with ▁Pier o , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁geomet rics ▁and ▁composition , ▁the ▁spatial ▁grande ur ▁and ▁' in elo quence ' ▁found ▁present ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁their ▁works . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁influenced ▁by ▁Renaissance ▁Dutch ▁painter ▁Rog ier ▁van ▁der ▁W ey den . ▁Despite ▁Sm art ' s ▁identification ▁with ▁the ▁ancient ▁art ▁and ▁architecture ▁of ▁the ▁r ena issance ▁period , ▁he ▁lik es ▁to ▁be ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁a ▁contemporary ▁artist , ▁not ▁a ▁' class ical ▁rev ival ist '. ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁modern ist ▁real ists ▁who ▁have ▁had ▁immense ▁impact ▁on ▁Sm art ' s ▁paint ings , ▁are ▁Alex ▁Col ville ▁and ▁Edward ▁Ho pper . ▁Like ▁Sm art , ▁Ho pper ▁painted ▁" H uman ▁be ings ' ▁values ▁being ▁sw allowed ▁by ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁industrial ▁society " ▁and ▁Ho pper ▁" sh ows ▁that , ▁even ▁though ▁communication ▁and ▁transport ation ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁so ▁accessible , ▁the ▁individual ▁is ▁somehow ▁left ▁behind ▁in ▁the ▁r ush ". ▁In ▁his ▁work , ▁Ho pper ▁focus es ▁on ▁" e er ily ▁real istic ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁sol itude ▁in ▁contemporary ▁American ▁life ", ▁works ▁of ▁similar ▁appearance ▁to ▁Sm art ' s