Review
“Berger fulfils the roles of a philosopher, listener, and somewhat of a magician as he makes tantalising worlds appear, and illusions vanish.” — Pratibha Rai, Oxford Culture Review
“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
“…perhaps the most bold, clear, and widely renowned explanation of art’s entanglement with capitalism.” — The Paris Review
“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, Arts Review
“Over 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.” –The Village Voice
About the Author
John Berger is an English art critic, painter, novelist and poet. He has three children: Jacob, Katya and Yves who are film director, writer and film critic and artist respectively. He has received several awards such as 1972 Booker Prize, 1991 Petrarca-Preis, 2009 Golden PEN Award and 2011 Groeneveld Foundation Award.
Product details
- ISBN-13: 9780141035796
- Publisher: Penguin UK
- Published Date: October 2008
- Pages: 176
- Binding: Paperback
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