{"product_id":"ways-of-seeing-isbn-9780140135152","title":"Ways of Seeing","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled” -- so opens John Berger’s revolutionary million-copy bestseller on how to look at art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJohn  Berger's \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e 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 about which  the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic commented:  \"This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e we look at paintings . . . he will  almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.\" By now he has.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"It’s a book about art history and the media, but it’s also a magic trick.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berger fulfils the roles of a philosopher, listener, and somewhat of a magician as he makes tantalising worlds appear, and illusions vanish.\" -- Pratibha Rai, \u003ci\u003eOxford Culture Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berger reveals a dreamworld that we all move through continuously, a visual bombardment designed to conjure deep feelings of inadequacy and desire, the long seduction by capitalism upon its hapless subjects.\"\u003ci\u003e --\u003c\/i\u003e Olivia Laing author of \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Against Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...perhaps the most bold, clear, and widely renowned explanation of art’s entanglement with capitalism.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eArts Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn John Berger: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless.” -- \u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“We learned from him to see that basic assumptions about everything—work, play, art, commerce—are hidden in the surrounding culture of images.” -- \u003cb\u003eJane Gaines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of the most influential intellectuals of our time\" -- \u003cb\u003eObserver (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStoryteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger \u003c\/b\u003e(1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e; the fiction trilogy \u003ci\u003eInto Their Labours\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHere Is Where We Meet\u003c\/i\u003e; the Booker Prize–winning novel \u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHold Everything Dear\u003c\/i\u003e; the Man Booker–longlisted \u003ci\u003eFrom A to X\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302787436773,"sku":"NP9780140135152","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140135152.jpg?v=1767743649","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ways-of-seeing-isbn-9780140135152","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}