Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Published on
Dec 1, 1990
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.08x0.52x7.78 Inches
Weight
0.80 Pounds
About the Book
"The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled" -- so opens John Berger's revolutionary million-copy bestseller on how to look at art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most 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.