Basic Info

First Air: January 08, 1972

Rating: ⭐ 7.6/10 (11 votes)

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 4

Last Episode

Name: Commercial Art

Season: 1, Episode: 4

Air Date: 1972-01-29

Runtime: 116 min

In the fourth programme, on publicity and advertising, Berger argues that colour photography has taken over the role of oil paint, though the context is reversed. An idealised potential for the viewer (via consumption) is considered a substitution for the actual reality depicted in old master portraits.

Videos

WAYS OF SEEING (first episode) 1/4

Ways of Seeing

1972 ⭐ 7.6/10 11 votes

Overview

John Berger's Ways of Seeing changed the way people think about painting and art criticism. This watershed work shows, through word and image, how what we see is always influenced by a whole host of assumptions concerning the nature of beauty, truth, civilization, form, taste, class and gender. Exploring the layers of meaning within oil paintings, photographs and graphic art, Berger argues that when we see, we are not just looking - we are reading the language of images.