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reproductions. In John Berger's Ways of Seeing, Berger states that reproductions detract from the value of the paintings

seem unreal when studied more in depth. John Berger and David Berreby both discuss how humans view other humans. Berger claims that humans, especially women, are seen solely as objects or sights. However, although Berreby claims that humans have subconscious impressions of one another, he would likely disagree that humans are seen as objects, instead seeing deeper, meaningful human connection within one another. Throughout Ways of Seeing, John Berger uses European oil paintings and art to describe

Berger, the author of Ways of Seeing, offers a new perspective on how to analyze art while reading the image for what the artist is trying to convey. Berger strongly believes that every person interprets art differently, which means there are infinite possibilities when it comes to describing arts effect on not only a person, but on society as a whole. Your perspective is influenced by your upbringing, education, beliefs, and the generation you belong to. Berger also believes that we can not only

discussed in the first chapter is how we perceive things, and more specifically, why we perceive things differently sometimes. There is a constant gap between what we see with our eyes, and the explanation of what we are seeing. Also, in the chapter, Berger says, “The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe.” What he means by this is that if we are looking at a painting or an image of something that you are very knowledgeable about, then the way you see that certain image while

contradict itself time and again. Early on in the piece, Berger talks about art’s spiritual value determining its market value, in conjunction with the rarity of a work of art. Towards the end of the piece, after berating the reproduction of art for diminishing the value of a piece, he poses that the corkboards that many people have in their homes–– covered in replicated art and various slices of life–– should replace museums. I’m confused as to why Berger would present this idea after showing such disdain

Pictures Don’t Always Paint a Thousand Words John Berger makes a bold statement in saying “ No other relic or text from the past can offer such a direct testimony about the world which surrounded other people at other times. In this respect images are more precise and richer than literature,'; (Ways of Reading, 106). This statement is very untrue. Literature has been the focal point of all modern learning.. Literature lets the reader feel what the author is thinking, not just

Rebecca Morin Professor Foster English Composition 10th, December, 2015 Ways of Seeing by John Berger is a set of essays used to explain different techniques used in oil paintings, advertisements, and the way people look at things differently from one another. The abstract image Altera Pars by Wojciech Grzanka is a part of his surreal photo manipulation series called “It’s All In My Head”. In this image a woman clearly with two sets of arms shows that she is control of how and what she feels. Her

Throughout the history of art, the meaning of images and the fashion in which themes are depicted have shifted throughout the history of art. In the book Ways of Seeing, John Berger outlines the reasons behind these changes in the consumption of art and explains why art has become what it is today. However, within his explanation he misses one of the most important contributors to this evolution: the cultural changes that have occurred since the creation of the painting. He does mention these differences

In “Ways of Seeing”, John Berger discusses how the way people interpret thoughts is largely based on other factors. In the second line of the text he says, “ The child looks and recognizes before it speaks ”(Berger 142). Berger is telling people through this line that “Seeing comes before words”(Berger 142). Children must take in their environment before they acquire a language. This even translates to when they grow up and become adults. Adults take in their surroundings before beginning to discuss

The way in which one views the world and forms an opinion about it is entirely based on what they have experience throughout their lives. This idea was presented in a very long winded essay by John Berger. While keeping this idea in the back of my mind I analyze image D form the Orphan Black Stills that we were provided without any prior knowledge of what story this TV show was supposed to tell. After viewing the episode in which the still I had chosen to decipher my views on what occurred changed