Items related to Ways of Seeing

Berger, John Ways of Seeing ISBN 13: 9780670752737

Ways of Seeing - Hardcover

 
9780670752737: Ways of Seeing
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

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 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 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 (b. 1926) is an art critic, painter and novelist.born in Hackney, London.
His novel G. (1972) won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize.

If you enjoyed Ways of Seeing, you might like Susan Sontag's On Photography, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of professional art critics ... he is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation'
Peter Fuller, Arts Review

'The influence of the series and the book ... was enormous ... It opened up for general attention areas of cultural study that are now commonplace'
Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling

'One of the most influential intellectuals of our time'
Observer

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
"The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace." --Geoff Dyer

"Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation." --Peter Fuller, Arts Review

"Over the past sixty years, the great John Berger -- art critic, essayist, screenwriter, novelist, poet, and artist -- has made immeasurable contributions to our understanding of culture and politics, never more potently than in Ways of Seeing." -The Village Voice
About the Author:
John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and novelist.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherViking Pr
  • Publication date1973
  • ISBN 10 0670752738
  • ISBN 13 9780670752737
  • BindingHardcover
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780141035796: Ways of Seeing: John Berger (Penguin Modern Classics)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780141035796
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2008
Softcover

  • 9780140135152: Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series

    Penguin, 1990
    Softcover

  • 9780844661759: Ways of Seeing

    Peter ..., 1972
    Hardcover

  • 9780140216318: Ways of Seeing: Based On the BBC Television Series (A pelican original)

    Penguin, 1973
    Softcover

  • 9780563122449: Ways of Seeing (A pelican original)

    BBC Books, 1982
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 172.09
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 171.90
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Brand: Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 171.90
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 172.59
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.05. Seller Inventory # Q-0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 171.59
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.89
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Berger, John
Published by Viking Adult (1973)
ISBN 10: 0670752738 ISBN 13: 9780670752737
New Hardcover Quantity: 2
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0670752738

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 272.50
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds