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Ways of seeing

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Ways of seeing

By John Berger

Part of the series Penguin modern classics

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About the book

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 ...Show more

The arts: general topics

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ISBN

9780141035796

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Ways of seeing

Format

Paperback

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