John Berger definition of mystification through Hal’s painting In John Berger’s reading‚ he states that “Mystification is the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident” (pg 103). To my understanding‚ Berger is saying that mystification is a way of what we think may be clear to our understanding of something. It seem as though Berger express mystification in ways that one may not grasp something clearly even though it may seem to be evident. By expressing this‚ Berger used the passage
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In his first essay of Ways of Seeing‚ John Berger claims that all power‚ authority‚ and meaning that was once held by an original work of art has been lost through the mass reproduction of these works that has occurred in recent years. He writes of an entirely bogus religiosity (116-117) that surrounds these art objects and that the meaning of the original work no longer lies in what it uniquely says but in what it uniquely is (117). He claims that because of reproduction‚ the art of the past no
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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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Harvard Business School 9-397-078 Rev. July 2‚ 1997 DO Vermeer Technologies (A): A Company is Born Charles Ferguson was exhilarated as he hung up the telephone after talking with Andy Marcuvitz‚ co-leader of the venture capital (VC) consortium that was considering financing Vermeer Technologies‚ Ferguson’s startup for developing software for the Internet. It was the first week of January 1995. Marcuvitz had called Ferguson to tell him that the group was prepared to make an initial infusion of
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PARAGRAPH-BY-PARAGRAPH READING WORKSHEET ¶ | Author’s ActionA presents text Y / A tells story Y / A reports from Y / A analyzes Y / A reads Y / A speculates Z / A argues Z | 1 Sentence Distillation of Paragraph Spoken in Author’s VoiceIf this column is filled out properly and thoroughly you should be able to read it from top to bottom as an accurate distillation of the whole essay. Review and amend earlier distillations for accuracy and coherence as you go. | Key WordsList key words. Review
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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 also focuses on a Marxist methodology‚ in which he explains art works as the reflection
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the 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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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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THE WHITE BIRD John Berger From time to time I have been invited by institutions--mostly American--to speak about aesthetics. On one occasion I considered accepting and I thought of taking with me a bird made of white wood. But I didn’t go. The problem is that you can’t talk about aesthetics without talking about the principle of hope and the existence of evil. During the long winters the peasants in certain parts of the Haute Savoie used to make wooden birds to hang in their kitchens and perhaps
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our own way of seeing” (Berger 142). In other words‚ Berger is saying if ten people look at the same piece of art each interpretation is going to be just as unique and different as the person looking at it. Based on one’s knowledge of the artist‚ time period‚ and the painting itself gives a whole different perspective than someone who doesn’t know any of the history. Also different life experiences can change the way a person can relate a painting to themselves. John Berger is known as one of Europe’s
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