Ways Of Seeing
Ways Of Seeing
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Author
Author
John Berger / Джон Берджер
Dimension
Dimension
111x181mm (4,4'x7,1')
ISBN
ISBN
9780141035796
Format
Format
Paperback
Language
Language
English
Page Count
Page Count
176
Publisher
Publisher
Penguin
Year of book publication
Year of book publication
2008
Ways Of Seeing
Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics.
'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.''But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.'John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. 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 . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.' By now he has.SPECIFICATIONS:
Author:John Berger - Джон Берджер
Publisher:Penguin
Language:English
Publication Date:2008
Number of pages:176 pst
Format:Paperback
Width:111 mm / 4,4'
Height:181 mm / 7,1'
Weight:132 g
Illustrations:Black and white
ISBN:9780141035796