Art & Architecture
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
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Berger argues that art's meaning changes with who's looking and why — and that oil painting, in particular, has long been entangled with property and possession.
Based on a BBC series, a short, influential book of essays arguing that how we look at art is shaped by history, ownership, gender, and advertising — seeing is never neutral.
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