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Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Non-Fiction / Philosophy
Ways of Seeing
by John Berger
—· 166 p· 1972
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivephilosophical
Overview
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How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The rel…
Pages
166
British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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—
Reader feel
Art Critical Insight
10
Visual Culture Analysis
10
Prose
8
Narration
7
Pacing
7
Emotional depth
4
Worldbuilding
1
Plot twists
1
My journey
My experience
private
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How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The rel…
Pages
166
British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
—
—
Art Critical Insight
10
Visual Culture Analysis
10
Prose
8
Narration
7
Pacing
7
Emotional depth
4
Worldbuilding
1
Plot twists
1
My journey
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
Books like Ways of Seeing
If you loved this
Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag
Against Interpretation
Susan Sontag
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Walter Benjamin
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction