Meaning of an Artwork According to John Berger in his essay “Ways of Seeing” the way that a painting is viewed by some may already be distorted prior to analyzing it because we are not viewing the original piece. The information that comes from the silence of a painting is only truly experienced when looking at the original work rather than a reproduction of it. The original work speaks to you in a way that a reproduction is not able to. Berger says this clearly when he states:
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Ways of Seeing is a very thin book‚ with few words‚ yet it is an extremely influential book‚ and confronts several important aspects of art‚ unlike any other author. John Berger takes a general approach of Marxism and New Art History relating to social history in Ways of Seeing. He focuses less on the aesthetic properties of art‚ and more on the New Art History approach; on the social and political construction of artworks‚ mainly oil paintings concerning class‚ race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. Berger
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John Berger‚ critic of art and author of the Ways of Seeing‚ raised in his essay‚ and it is a question that will always be raised while demanding how to understand a certain art. Walking through a room where various French artists had their paintings exposed‚ I fell in front of the artwork (see above) painted by Paul Gauguin. I did not choose a French artist to make me remember the French culture that I am missing here in Boston‚ nor to pretend that the French are advanced in art‚ but a way to analyze
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In John Berger’s article‚ ’Ways of Seeing’‚ it explains European eighteenth century art and how it relates to many of todays cultural transitions. Before Berger begins explaining the art itself‚ he tells us about the cultural constructions that exist today. These cultural constructions are enforced and were highlighted through European eighteenth century art. He began by explaining the difference between a man and a woman’s presence. Men’s presence depends how much power he is able to successfully
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John Berger’s essay titled “Ways of Seeing‚” he shines a light on the way we collectively and individually see the world. Mr. Berger has conjured the fact that everyone has experienced their own view of the world‚ throughout time. This has‚ in turn‚ revealed our history‚ through visual communication. Mr. Berger is sharing his view on how the reproductions of art‚ and through reproducing historical and contemporary art‚ that it is mystifying our direct correlation to the past. John Berger states the
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ASSIGNMENT 1 Looking at Pictures [Berger] Original paintings are silent and still in a sense that information never is. Even a reproduction hung on the wall is not comparable in this respect for in the original the silence and stillness permeate the actual material‚ the paint‚ in which one follows the traces of the painter’s immediate gestures. This has the effect of closing the distance in time between the painting of the picture and one’s own act of looking at it. ... What we make of that painted
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2010 Seeing Comes First One of the most important senses that we human have is the ability to see things. We see the image of the object first before the image is send to our brain and processes it. The essay “Ways of Seeing”‚ written by John Berger took art as an example‚ to show the way how modern people view art and the influences that traditional oil painting has had on society and modern day society. The way people now a day perceives an art image is different than the way it was seen
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represented as an ideal form from a male perspective‚ which has lead to a highly objectified ideal represented numerous patriarchal societies throughout the western world. John Berger stated in the 1972 BBC documentary television series Ways of Seeing: “Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at” (Ways of Seeing). This quote clarifies the male gazer’s distortion of the female form through the creation of a ‘better and more beautiful’ image‚ while forcing the opposite gender
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Ways Of Seeing (Chapter 7) In today’s world‚ marketers and advertisers are fighting for every spot they get to display their ads and market their products. The ultimate aim is to get as much exposure as possible. This in turn‚ they hope‚ will translate into sales. The literature “Ways of Seeing – Part 7” underlines the theory of publicity. I chose this literature because it elucidates the backbone of marketing
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John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing” examines points of view in art through an in-depth analysis of artistic perspectives‚ how it is interpreted‚ and the impact of reproductions in today’s modern society. Berger’s explanation of reproductions and how art is interpreted differently than in the past is valid because only the artist will know the true meaning of his work and be able to portray it effectively. Pictures are the best way to communicate a point. Some things that
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