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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
I found the early essays in this collection to be the most interesting. Honestly, I never knew that suits could be that interesting. The first essay, about animals, will at the very least get you to reconsider how you look at nature.
Crossposted at Booklikes.
Crossposted at Booklikes.
Skortur á myndefni dró úr skilningi á umfjöllunarefninu.
A tougher, more in-depth read than Ways of Seeing that probably targets people with a bigger background in the arts. Some essays got pretty technical for me, but Berger's insights remain vital.
[El hecho de que los intelectuales a los que admiro tengan siempre una base marxista y frecuentemente una feminista... ¿es una feliz coincidencia?]
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
berger is very smart and there is a fierce current of love for humanity that veins through this exactingly tender book.
This man wore so many caps to write this collection of essays and swats away previous interpretations so easily. The writing style made me feel bad as a human being to not be on his level, as if I had never learned how to properly look. All things considered though that doesn’t take away the fact that there is very insightful art history in here.
Fascinating. I could read JB all day. Love his insights. Essays here from the diminution of animals to Bacon's nihilism to Rouault's misanthropy to the double-edged agitprop in the captured agony of war photography - the idea that your own moral inadequacy is the real victim. Very informative and enlightening thoughts on 'looking'.
I was recommended this by a prof when I asked readings that explored the philosophy of vision. Ironically it apparently inspired The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg which I picked up while I was working my way through this - synchronicity? Anyhoots, I quite enjoyed the first 2 sections - the last, on painting was a little bit less philosophical and was applicable to me for a examination of the role of vision in consumer culture. I think the first two thirds are super relevant and accessible - would recommend this to anyone interested in anticapitalism studies as well as studies in the visual arts.
informative
reflective
medium-paced