'Polemical, meditative, radical, always original, Berger's essays are extremely wide-ranging' Geoff Dyer 'One of the most influential intellectuals of our time' Sean O'Hagan, Observer 'A wonderful artist and thinker' Susan Sontag 'Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent' New York Times
As a novelist, essayist, 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 alters the vision of anyone who reads his work.
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The follow-up to the seminal Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on art
Ways of Seeing was based on a BBC TV series and was a ground-breaking, seminal text that completely revitalised and revolutionised discussions about art. About Looking continues this original approach to art and photography For fans of the essays of Susan Sontag, especially On Photography, and Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes About Looking was originally published in 1980 in the UK by a small publishers. In the US it is Berger's second biggest selling title for Vintage
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ISBN
9780747599579
Publisert
2009-04-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224
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