#John berger ways of seeing professional#

вЂњIn contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless.вЂќ - Susan Sontag

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. вЂњOver 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.вЂќ вЂ“ The Village Voice John BergerвЂ™s Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. 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.вЂќ -Peter Fuller, Arts Review

#John berger ways of seeing professional#

вЂњBerger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics. вЂњвЂ¦perhaps the most bold, clear, and widely renowned explanation of artвЂ™s entanglement with capitalism.вЂќ - The Paris Review It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace.вЂќ -Geoff Dyer вЂњThe influence of the series and the book. вЂњBerger fulfils the roles of a philosopher, listener, and somewhat of a magician as he makes tantalising worlds appear, and illusions vanish.вЂќ - Pratibha Rai, Oxford Culture Review вЂњItвЂ™s a book about art history and the media, but itвЂ™s also a magic trick.вЂќ - The New Republic