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Ways of Seeing by John Berger (Paperback, 2008)

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By John Berger ISBN: 9780141035796. John Berger'sWays of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. By now he has. Ways of Seeing. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it.

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Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.' 'But there is also ather sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we kw is never settled.' John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings ...he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.' By w he has. John Berger (b. 1926) is an art critic, painter and velist.born in Hackney, London. His vel G. (1972) won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize. If you enjoyed Ways of Seeing, you might like Susan Sontag's On Photography, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of professional art critics ...he is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation' Peter Fuller, Arts Review 'The influence of the series and the book ...was ermous ...It opened up for general attention areas of cultural study that are w commonplace' Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling 'One of the most influential intellectuals of our time' Observer

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Publisher
Penguin Classics, Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-10
014103579x
ISBN-13
9780141035796
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96299175

Product Key Features

Author
John Berger
Format
A-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Fine Arts / Art History
Genre
Fine Arts / Art History

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Weight
132g
Height
181mm
Width
111mm

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Place of Publication
London
Spine
13mm
Content Note
Integrated Illustrations Throughout
Author Biography
John Peter Berger (Born November 5th, 1926) Is an Art Critic, Painter and Novelist.
Date of Publication
25/09/2008
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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3 out of 5 stars
by bluetriangle416 Dec, 2012
A life changing read?
I highly recommend you read this book! I bought it after hearing a participant on a recent TV book program say that for him it was a “Life changing experience”. It cost only GBP 6 post free to Oz, and although the illustrations are not very clear everything can be seen well using a computer. Mostly a Marxist rant but although I disagree with just about everything John Berger has to say about Art it has been of great value to me. Through being made to reason out WHY I object to so much of it I have learnt and still am learning, a great deal - reading Walter Benjamin’s Illuminations for example. (For me the most life changing book I ever read was John Ruskin’s Modern Painters - especially Vols. 3 & 4)
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by 3ashes08 Mar, 2017
Brilliant
A thought provoking analysis of the old masters and their relationship with relatively contemporary 'art'. The viewpoint is relatively left-wing, but that very fact makes this an interesting read from a sociological perspective and it says a lot about about the culture in which painters worked compared to today's cultural world which is awash with digital images.
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by curlyjack16 Dec, 2017
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Got this after reading ways of looking by Ossian Ward, this book is based on the bbc series of the same name.
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by jochristian1020 Sep, 2018
essential reading
I have read this as an e book it's a seminal text full of insight and fascination at many levels
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by biguitarjohn16 Feb, 2017
'Insightful and penetrating'
John Berger's intelligent, insightful and penetrating study is as relevant today as when it was first published.
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