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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that the trees in question were native to the region‚ and the rubber harvest could be shipped to the tire factories in the US by land rather than by sea. On Villares’ advice‚ Ford purchased a 25‚000 square kilometer tract of land along the Amazon river‚ and immediately began to develop the area. A barge-toting steamer arrived with earth-moving equipment‚ a pile driver‚ tractors‚ stump pullers‚ a locomotive‚ ice-making machines‚ and prefabricated buildings. Workers began erecting a rubber processing
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In Chapter 3 of his book‚ “Ways of Seeing”‚ John Berger argues that in western nude art and present day media‚ that women are largely shown and treated as objects upon whom power is asserted by men either as figures in the canvas or as spectators. Berger’s purpose is to make readers aware of how the perception of women in the art so that they will recognize the evolution of western cultured art. Berger begins by claiming that in nude art the “presence” of a man is that of an actor who asserts
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Berger’s "Ways of Seeing" VS. My Own There are numerous ways to "see" a picture. One person’s life can‚ and will affect the way in which they view the painting. I do not agree with Berger’s way of thinking throughout "Ways of Seeing". I feel that his opinions are contradictory‚ and opposite of mine. One reason I don’t like this reading is because he notes‚ "The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. In the middle Ages when men believed in a physical existence in Hell‚ the
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In this essay‚ I will discuss chapter’s five and seven of John Berger’s book “Ways Of Seeing”. Section one will look at what Berger means when he talks about power in chapter five of the book. In section two‚ we will discuss his ideas on imagination and envy‚ as outlined in chapter seven. In chapter five‚ Berger talks about oil painting being more of an art form than a technique. While he concedes that the technique has been with us for centuries‚ his argument is that it came into prominence when
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Berger’s “Ways of Seeing‚” his use of artist jargon makes it difficult for the casual reader to comprehend a lot of the points he makes. A section that demonstrates this can be found in the first full paragraph on page 145. Berger uses phrases such as “compositional unity” and “harmonious fusion” when analyzing the paintings Regents of the Old Men’s Alms House and Regentesses of the Old Men’s Alms House. His language can be understood by different readers in drastically different ways‚ which makes
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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 and understand
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“Two Ways of Viewing the River” by Mark Twain: Response Paper “Two Ways of Viewing the River” is a short excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography that compares and contrasts Twain’s point of view as a Mississippi River boat pilot. In my opinion these few paragraphs are pitch perfect as well as technically masterful. The descriptive details in paragraph 1 were especially impressive. However‚ I’m also struck by how universal this essay is a metaphor for everyday life. It is‚ in a sense‚ a comment
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One enters medical facilities with full confidence in their physicians and nurses. They know that no matter what obstacles are set before them‚ they will conquer them‚ defeat them‚ be the champion against them. They know that in order to achieve their goals‚ they will need the full support of their medical team. Their team will be the physicians and nurses that will care for them day in and day out‚ as long as it is needed. Communication is possibly one of the most important aspects of healthcare
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word “bomb”. Although the condition of Nick Adams in “Big Two-Hearted River” by Ernest Hemingway was not this severe‚ he is still very disturbed by what he witnessed in Europe during the war. He returns to the forest he cherished and roamed in his childhood years to mentally bring himself back from the battle fields‚ to forget the atrocities he witnessed and reminisce in the joys of his childhood. The function of Arcadia in “Big Two-Hearted River” is Nick’s place of healing‚ a happy place from his childhood
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