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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... contrast with the powerful whites and vivid flesh tones where the detached strokes reach a peak of breadth and strength . ( our italics ) The compositional unity of a painting contributes fundamentally to the power of its image . It is ...
... contrast with the powerful whites and vivid flesh tones where the detached strokes reach a peak of breadth and strength . ( our italics ) The compositional unity of a painting contributes fundamentally to the power of its image . It is ...
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... contrast , the antagonism existing between the exceptional work and the average . Whilst acknowledging the existence of the exceptional works , to which we shall return later , let us first look broadly at the tradition . What ...
... contrast , the antagonism existing between the exceptional work and the average . Whilst acknowledging the existence of the exceptional works , to which we shall return later , let us first look broadly at the tradition . What ...
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... contrast which needs emphasizing . Advertisers themselves can take account of the shock . The Advertisers Weekly ( 3 ... contrast would have been no less stark if they had been events near at hand in Derry or Birmingham . Nor is the ...
... contrast which needs emphasizing . Advertisers themselves can take account of the shock . The Advertisers Weekly ( 3 ... contrast would have been no less stark if they had been events near at hand in Derry or Birmingham . Nor is the ...
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