Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled” -- so opens John Berger’s revolutionary million-copy bestseller on how to look at art John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most 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 now he has. |
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... Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci . VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519 NATIONAL GALLERY O Having seen this reproduction , one can go to the. 20.
... Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci . VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519 NATIONAL GALLERY O Having seen this reproduction , one can go to the. 20.
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... at this painting hard enough , I should somehow be able to feel its authenticity . The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci : it is authentic and therefore it is beautiful . ' To dismiss such feelings as naïve would be quite wrong 221.
... at this painting hard enough , I should somehow be able to feel its authenticity . The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci : it is authentic and therefore it is beautiful . ' To dismiss such feelings as naïve would be quite wrong 221.
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... Leonardo . The secondary aim is to prove that an almost identical painting in the Louvre is a replica of the National Gallery version . NATIONAL GALLERY VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519 LOUVRE French art historians try ...
... Leonardo . The secondary aim is to prove that an almost identical painting in the Louvre is a replica of the National Gallery version . NATIONAL GALLERY VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519 LOUVRE French art historians try ...
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