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Ways of Seeing
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John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series
The book consists of seven numbered essays: four using words and images; and three essays using only images. Now described as "revolutionary", the book has contributed to feminist readings of popular culture, through essays that focus particularly on how women are portrayed in advertisements and oil paintings.
Ways of Seeing is supported by the European Union under the House of Europe program.
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Publisher: ist publishing
Author: John Berger
Translation from English into Ukrainian: Yaroslava Strikha
Initiator: Andriy Bozok
Copy editing: Tetiana Kryshtalovska
Proofreading: Olena Tykhonenko
Design and layout: Kateryna Bolshakova
110x180 mm
176 pages
2000 copies
Language: Ukrainian
Paperback
2020
ISBN 978-617-7948-00-0
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 Ways of Seeing, the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours, and the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962, he left Britain permanently and moved to a small village in the French Alps. He died in 2017.
The book consists of seven numbered essays: four using words and images; and three essays using only images. Now described as "revolutionary", the book has contributed to feminist readings of popular culture, through essays that focus particularly on how women are portrayed in advertisements and oil paintings.
Ways of Seeing is supported by the European Union under the House of Europe program.
Details
Publisher: ist publishing
Author: John Berger
Translation from English into Ukrainian: Yaroslava Strikha
Initiator: Andriy Bozok
Copy editing: Tetiana Kryshtalovska
Proofreading: Olena Tykhonenko
Design and layout: Kateryna Bolshakova
110x180 mm
176 pages
2000 copies
Language: Ukrainian
Paperback
2020
ISBN 978-617-7948-00-0
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 Ways of Seeing, the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours, and the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962, he left Britain permanently and moved to a small village in the French Alps. He died in 2017.
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