Ways of Seeing - John Berger - Penguin Books

Ways of Seeing

John Berger

Penguin Books

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Based on the BBC television series, JohnBerger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published aspart of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics.

'Seeing comes before words. The child looks andrecognizes before it can speak.'

'But there is also another sense in whichseeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in thesurrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undothe fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see andwhat we know is never settled.'

John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the moststimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Timescritic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: byconcentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly changethe way you look at pictures.' By now he has.

John Berger (b. 1926) is an art critic, painterand novelist.born in Hackney, London.

His novel G. (1972) won both the James TaitBlack Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize.

If you enjoyed Ways of Seeing, you might likeSusan Sontag's On Photography, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'Berger has the ability to cut right throughthe 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 muchbetter position to make a meaningful evaluation'

Peter Fuller, Arts Review

'The influence of the series and the book ...was enormous ... It opened up for general attention areas of cultural studythat are now commonplace'

Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling

'One of the most influential intellectuals ofour time'

Observer

Özellikler

Basım Dili: İngilizce

Sayfa Sayısı: 176

En / Boy: 13.50 / 21.00 cm

Kağıt Cinsi: Kuşe

Basım Tarihi: 2009

Baskı Sayısı: 1