Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Penguin Books for Art)

Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Penguin Books for Art)

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<b>John Berger's seminal text on how to look at art<br><br></b>John Berger's <i>Ways of Seeing</i> 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 <i>Sunday Times</i> critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on <i>how</i> we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.<br><i><br></i>"The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace." -Geoff Dyer<i><br><br></i>"Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . 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, <i>Arts Review<br></i>