Ways of Seeing

I loved reading this book. It is an introduction for amateurs trying to understand art. It primarily talks about literally "seeing" how we see what's before us and how what we see affects us. It also says a great deal about oil paintings, their impact and their evolution, everything is introductory not in detail. Nevertheless a good place to start.

This is one of my favourite books on art criticism. Nakedness and nudity is very well defined. Wonderful explanation on advertisement and propaganda. Good one if you want to understand oil painting tradition too.

Gives new perspectives.

However, the bbc documentary of the same books could be more appealing, rather than reading the book. As the book is black and white, the colored photographs are not visible. Also the quality of the photographs are not good. In the documentary the author has decribed in more details with simultaneous photographs or paintings. Essesnce of misic, which is another important aspect of ways of seeing that the author could describe in the video, can not be explained in the book.

Book is about prespective. And it will change yours, once you read it. It’s about how we interpret art and how we ought to depend on our sensibilities in interpreting it.

Not good print neither good paper quality

Love this book..

Typical Mass Market Paperback

Great book, fast shipping. Thank you

Especially since I think I was supposed to read it in Art School thirty years ago. In fact I thought I had read it, and I was just buying it to show a student. Read it myself. Slow going at the beginning.

Ways of Seeing von John Berger ist schnell lesbar und hat mir echt die Augen geöffnet. Er erklärt, wie wir Kunst und Medien wahrnehmen und manipuliert werden, ohne kompliziert zu werden. Besonders das Kapitel über den „male gaze“ war stark – regt zum Nachdenken an. Ist jetzt nicht die absolute Bibel, aber definitiv ein Buch, das man mal gelesen haben sollte, wenn man Kunst und ihre Wirkung besser checken will. Klare Empfehlung!

i got this size to carry it around but should have gotten one in a bigger size. there are b&w photos inside and they are too small to analyze in order to understand Berger's point(s). in short this size is not right if you want to enjoy this book. be warned :)

Makes me rethink how I see