Ways of seeing / John Berger.
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TextPublication details: London : British Broadcasting Corporation ; Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1972.Description: 166 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0140135154 (Penguin)
- 0140216316 (BBC)
- 9780140135152 (Penguin)
- 9780140216318 (BBC)
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"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.
"A book made by John Berger, Sven Blomberg, Chris Fox, Michael Dibb, Richard Hollis"--Facing T.p.
"Based on the BBC television series with John Berger."
First published in Great Britain in 1972. First published by Penguin Books in the United States of America 1977.
Contains seven essays. Three of them use only pictures. Examines the relationship between what we see and what we know.