EndedBBC Two1972-01-08

Ways of Seeing

Name: Ways of Seeing
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1972-01-08
Rating: 7.5
Cast: John Berger

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BBC Two

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1972-01-08

Last aired

1972-01-29

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7.5 / 10

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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.

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Ways of Seeing

4 episodes · 1972-01-08

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 hose of assumptions concerning that 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.