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Ways of Seeing
Jan 8, 1972 S1 E3
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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.
Episode 3Collectors and Collecting
The third programme is on the use of oil paint as a means of depicting or reflecting the status of the individuals who commissioned the work of art.
