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 s...
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.
John Berger was born in London in 1926. He is well known for his novels and stories as well as for his works of nonfiction, including several volumes of art criticism. His first novel, A Painter of Our Time, was published in 1958, and since then his books have included the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962 he left Britain permanently, and he lives in a small...
John Berger was born in London in 1926. He is well known for his novels and stories as well as for his works of nonfiction, including several volumes of art criticism. His first novel, A Painter of Our Time, was published in 1958, and since then his books have included the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962 he left Britain permanently, and he lives in a small village in the French Alps.
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17 有用 Whisperer 2017-01-07 17:48:45
美学课初遇，再是艺术史，再是实验电影，三度重温经典小册子，我也终于彻头彻尾成了左棍。（马克思主义乖巧比心~）
0 有用 无痕~似水 2011-09-19 21:11:00
好久没看文艺评论了。。。
5 有用 疾走 2011-02-04 07:22:22
Intro to Design读的第一本书 不知道是不是我读不惯British English 有点难懂
1 有用 starry 2015-08-23 01:20:07
最后一章尤为精彩。
1 有用 云吐月 2020-07-08 09:31:37
在新自由主义者眼中这是一本反动的书，在社会主义者眼中这本书流于表面。