Methods of Seeing: Primarily based on the BBC Tv Sequence (Penguin Books for Artwork)

“The relation between what we see and what we all know is rarely settled” — so opens John Berger’s revolutionary million-copy bestseller on how to take a look at artworkJohn Berger’s Methods of Seeing is among the most stimulating and probably the most influential books on artwork in any language. First printed in 1972, it was primarily based on the BBC tv sequence about which the Sunday Occasions critic commented: “That is an eye-opener in additional methods than one: by concentrating on how we have a look at work . . . he’ll virtually actually change the way in which you have a look at photos.” By now he has.