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About Looking by John Berger

chrischacos's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

sabinaleybold's review

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

epetrix's review against another edition

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slow-paced

mirivii's review against another edition

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Never understood why books that cite work of art do not add a pictureeee

lookhome's review against another edition

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5.0

A fantastic collection of essays.
Berger inspires his readers to see and experience the world in a way so few of us bother to explore.
His essays, which range from Animals, Picasso, Turner and the death Giacometti, bring the scope of history and minute detail, into vivid context.
Influential, memorable, and ultimately haunting.
Strongly recommended.

heloise_h's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

cameronbcook's review against another edition

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I cannot get over how articulate this book is about looking.

comparadox's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

culturenator's review against another edition

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3.0

This book is a series of essays, mostly about painting (although there are a few on sculpture and photography), that you can read alone but there is at least one essay that references an earlier one from the book. I've only given 3 stars because of the god awful image quality that is akin to a poor quality photocopy. You can wax lyrical about an image as much as you like but when the image I'm looking at is black smudgy mess it detracts. In fact I don't know why you'd bother with the images at all in this way. Otherwise a compelling read.

rumblybug's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.75