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If you haven't read "Ways of Seeing", I heartily recommend it. Without spoiling too much, I'll say that it opened my eyes to a whole layer of interesting ideas,
by makmanalp 10y ago
If you haven't read "Ways of Seeing", I heartily recommend it. Without spoiling too much, I'll say that it opened my eyes to a whole layer of interesting ideas, and changed how I look at art and images in general. It's very philosophical, but not overbearing.
- throwanem 10y agoHow does it compare with the series? I'm not familiar with either, and curious whether one is clearly preferable to the other as an introduction to the ideas both appear to cover.
- makmanalp 10y agoSadly I wouldn't know - But if the content is mostly the same, I assume the visual component is great: my one gripe was that I kept having to google high-res images of the paintings mentioned, because the ones in the book were tiny and unhelpful.
- theoh 10y agoIt's all on YouTube. Contrary to what another commenter implied, the TV series preceded the book. Personally I think it's all a bit of an ego trip for Berger.
- freddref 10y agoEither or, or both. The book is short.
- throwanem 10y agoNo doubt. But, with no electronic edition available, it represents a larger investment of time and effort than otherwise; I can much more easily watch videos on the train than schlep a paper book along.