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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 701.15
EAN: 9780679736554
ISBN: 0679736557
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: January 08, 1992
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: January 08, 1992
Sales Rank: 96933
Studio: Vintage
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here is great stillness in Berger's prose. But after a few pages, his statements start to sing and go on singing." -- New Republic
As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful critique of the canons of our civilization. In About Looking he explores our role as observers to reveal new layers of meaning in what we see. How do the animals we look at in zoos remind us of a relationship between man and beast all but lost in the twentieth century? What is it about looking at war photographs that doubles their already potent violence? How do the nudes of Rodin betray the threats to his authority and potency posed by clay and flesh? And how does solitude inform the art of Giacometti? In asking these and other questions, Berger quietly -- but fundamentally -- alters the vision of anyone who reads his work.
"Instant readability ... [Berger] makes one see [paintings] as statements or questions in a living language." -- New Statesman
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There are some great observations in here, if you can wade through the subjective hoo-ha. You might want to pick up a beret to wear while you read this.
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The book was in great condition and came very prompty. I know nothing about art history, so this book is way over my head.
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This is a romantic view of art with leftist references. It is about the way we perceive things visually, in various contexts. He uses photographs and painted works primarily but ends the book by describing how we might view a field. Different sociological and psychological factors will temper what we interpret what we are seeing.
Berger writes in a style that I enjoy, descriptive and without concern for the grammatical structure that the nuns taught me in elementary school. That is not ... Read More
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This is indispensable reading. No joke.
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Please please read this book. You will not regret it. Every essay is an eye opener and get you to really rethink your world-view.
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