The Sense of Sight
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,History & Criticism
The Sense of Sight Details
From Publishers Weekly British art critic and novelist Berger offers a sharp collectionof essays on art and artists and a critical study of Picasso's career. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more Review "[Berger is] a writer one demands to know more about...an intriguing and powerful mind and talent." -- The New York TimesWith this provocative and infinitely moving collection of essays, a preeminent critic of our time responds to the profound questions posed by the visual world. For when John Berger writes about Cubism, he writes not only of Braque, Leger, Picasso, and Gris, but of that incredible moment early in this century when the world converged around a marvelous sense of promise. When he looks at the work of Modigliani, he sees a man's infinite love revealed in the elongated lines of the painted figure.Ranging from the Renaissance to the conflagration of Hiroshima; from the Bosphorus to Manhattan; from the woodcarvers of a French village to Goya, Durer, and Van Gogh; and from private experiences of love and of loss to the major political upheavals of our time, The Sense of Sight encourages us to see with the same breadth, courage, and moral engagement that its author does. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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If you've read and liked John Berger's Ways of Seeing, you will love The Sense of Sight!
