“Seeing comes before words”*…

Five years ago, (R)D featured John Berger’s award-winning– and more to the point, hugely-influential– television series Ways of Seeing (in some ways a response to Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation series). The broadcast was followed by an adaptation of Berger’s scripts that became a book of the same name.

Now that hugely influential work is available in a gorgeous web version…

Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely pictoral, Ways of Seeing is a seminal work which examines how we view art…

A beautiful new way to enjoy (and learn from) a classic: “Ways of Seeing“

* John Berger (the first line of Ways of Seeing)

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As we ponder perspective, we might pause to celebrate the induction, on this date in 2005, into the the National Toy Hall of Fame of a plaything that invites constant creativity– the cardboard box.

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#art #cardboardBox #civilization #culture #history #JohnBerger #KennethClark #literature #NationalToyHallOfFame #philosophy #toys #WaysOfSeeing

Some contemporary artists that I would like to follow up are noted here.

I was also interested to see Kenneth Clark's seventy year old 'The Nude" mentioned here.

A New Way of Looking at the Nude - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/t-magazine/contemporary-nude-art.html

#Art #ContemporaryArt #Nude #KennethClark