Ways of Seeing Contributor(s): Berger, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140135154 ISBN-13: 9780140135152 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Social Science | Media Studies - Art | History - General |
Dewey: 759.94 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.80 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "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. |