John Berger
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Watch Ways of Seeing (1972) Online
7.511 votes1972EndedDocumentary
Synopsis
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.
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1. Psychological AspectsNow viewing1972-01-0829mThe first part of the television series drew on ideas from Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction arguing that through reproduction an Old Master's painting's modern context is severed from that which existed at the time of its making.- 2. Women in Art1972-01-1529mThe second film discusses the female nude. Berger asserts that only twenty or thirty nudes in the European oil painting tradition depict a woman as herself rather than as a subject of male idealisation or desire.
3. Collectors and Collecting1972-01-2229mThe 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.
4. Commercial Art1972-01-2929mIn the fourth programme, on publicity and advertising, Berger argues that colour photography has taken over the role of oil paint, though the context is reversed. An idealised potential for the viewer (via consumption) is considered a substitution for the actual reality depicted in old master portraits.
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Is Ways of Seeing available to watch online?
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How many seasons does Ways of Seeing have?
Ways of Seeing has 1 season and 4 episodes.
When did Ways of Seeing first air?
Ways of Seeing first aired in 1972.
Is Ways of Seeing still running?
Ways of Seeing's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Ways of Seeing?
Ways of Seeing is classified as Documentary.