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Bento's Sketchbook by John Berger (Paperback, 2015)

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The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza-generally known as Benedict (or Bento) de Spinoza-spent the most intense years of his short life writing. A keen draughtsman, he also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notes, but apparently didn't find a sketchbook. Or, if they did, it was subsequently lost. For years, John Berger has imagined Bento's sketchbook being found, not knowing what he hoped to find in it, but wanting to reread his words while being able to look at the things Bento had seen with his own eyes. When one day a friend gave John a blank sketchbook he began to draw: not like a seventeenth-century Dutch amateur, nor to try and illustrate Bento's thoughts, but drawing, in Spinoza's company, from life today, and telling stories and asking questions. A book of images and words, Bento's Sketchbook is an exploration of the practice of drawing, about where and to what it leads. It is, too, a beautiful, clear-sighted meditation on how we perceive, and seek to explain, our ever-changing relationship with the world around us.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-13
9781781688199
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209226712

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bento's Sketchbook
Author
John Berger
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Art & Culture
Number of Pages
176 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
235mm
Item Width
156mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
John Berger
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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