1st Edition

An Analysis of John Berger's Ways of Seeing

By Emmanouil Kalkanis Copyright 2017
108 Pages
by Macat Library

108 Pages
by Macat Library

108 Pages
by Macat Library

Ways of Seeing is a key art-historical work that continues to provoke widespread debate. It is comprised of seven different essays, three of which are pictorial and the other containing texts and images.  Berger first examines the relationship between seeing and knowing, discussing how our assumptions affect how we see a painting.  He moves on to consider the role of women in artwork,... Read more

Ways in to the text 

Who was John Berger? 

What does Ways of Seeing Say? 

Why does Ways of Seeing Matter?  

Section 1: Influences  

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Emmanouil Kalkanis