First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings. It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace �Geoff Dyer in Ways of TellingWinner of the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel, G., John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and author of many novels including A Painter of Our Time, From A to X and Bento�s Sketchbook. John Berger’s Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is often used as a university text.He lived in France for over fifty years. 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 ReviewThe influence of the series and the book. John Peter Berger (5 November 1926 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet.
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By now he has.Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics. he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.
“We learned from him to see that basic assumptions about everything-work, play, art, commerce-are hidden in the surrounding culture of images.*************************************************************īook Descriptions: John Berger�s Classic Text on ArtJohn Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. “In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless.” - Susan Sontag "Over the past sixty years, the great John Berger - art critic, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, and artist - has made immeasurable contributions to our understanding of culture and politics, never more potently than in Ways of Seeing." - The Village Voice 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 "Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics. ".perhaps the most bold, clear, and widely renowned explanation of art’s entanglement with capitalism." - The Paris Review It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace." -Geoff Dyer "The influence of the series and the book. From John Berger, the Booker Prize-winning author of G., A Painter of Our Time is at once a gripping intellectual and moral detective story and a book whose aesthetic insights make it a companion piece to Bergers great works of art criticism. "Berger fulfils the roles of a philosopher, listener, and somewhat of a magician as he makes tantalising worlds appear, and illusions vanish." - Pratibha Rai, Oxford Culture Review "It’s a book about art history and the media, but it’s also a magic trick." - The New Republic
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