Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

7.6(11 votes)
1972
1 Season 4 Episodes
Documentary

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 oil paintings, photographs and graphic art, Berger argues that when we see, we are not just looking - we are reading the language of images.

Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1/8/1972

Seasons

Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

4 episodes

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 hose of assumptions concerning that nature of beauty, truth, civilization, form, taste, class and gender. Exploring the layers of meaning within oil paintings, photographs and graphic art, Berger argues that when we see, we are not just looking - we are reading the language of images.

Episodes

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Episode 4

Cast

John Berger

John Berger

Self

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