Berger, John
About Looking
- ISBN 13:
- 9780747599579
- author:
- Berger, John
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 1.4 x 19.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Theory of art
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
About Looking by John Berger explores our role as observers and reveals new layers of meaning in what we see. Berger examines how animals in zoos remind us of a lost relationship between humans and beasts, and how looking at war photographs doubles their violence. Berger also considers the art of Rodin's nudes, which betray the threats to his authority posed by clay and flesh, and the solitude that informs the work of Giacometti. Through these examples, Berger alters our vision and challenges our assumptions about what we see. This book is a thought-provoking critique of our civilization, written with dazzling eloquence and arresting insight.
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