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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’sWays of Seeingis 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 theSunday Timescritic commented: “This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating onhowwe look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.” By now he has.
Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic,John Berger(1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books includeWays of Seeing; the fiction trilogyInto Their Labours;Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize-winning novelG;Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker-longlistedFrom A to X; andA Seventh Man.
Target Age: 18 and up
Penguin Books
Pub Date: December 01, 1990
0.6″ H x 7.7″ L x 5.0″ W
176 pages
paperback
