Ways of seeing

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Sinopse

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."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 (London) 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.

Participantes

Autor: John Berger

Autor

JOHN BERGER

John Berger nasceu em Londres, em 1926. Aos 15 anos era anarquista. Depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial, quando já era escritor, passou a ser duramente criticado por sua simpatia ao marxismo. Ele é famoso por suas obras de ficção — romances e contos — e não-ficção, em especial livros de crítica de arte. Destaque para Modos de ver, de 1972, referência para toda uma geração de historiadores da arte, ao refletir sobre a relação entre o que vemos e o que sabemos ou acreditamos. São também do autor: Terra nua, Uma vez in Europa e Fotocópias. Vive nos Alpes franceses, praticamente recluso.