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Ways of Seeing

Based on the BBC Television Series

byJohn Berger

Genres: Nonfiction

Who is this book for? Readers interested in art, visual culture, and critical theory.

Topics ArtVisual perceptionPhilosophyWomen in artArt and societyPsychologyPerception visuelleImagePublicitéComunicação visual

MoodReflective

“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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Published on

01/12/1990

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780140135152

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