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Ways of Seeing John Berger John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how what we see is always influenced by a whole host of assumptions concerning the nature of beauty, truth, civilization, form, taste, class and gender. Exploring the layers of meaning within oll paintings, photographs and graphic art, Berger argues that when we see, we are not just looking ~ we. reading the language of images. 1 ofthe most infventia intellectuals of ou time! Observer Aslapinte fac of tear eataahent os of ein ra There ie nothing distanced about Berger: He handles t anartict handles paint Jeanette Winterson ‘works by eretivethinkere whose writings on art, design and the media, have changed our vision for ever. psec ee AO DIMI

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