Friday 6 May 2011

'Ways of Seeing'- John Burgess

For homework we have been asked to do research into the book 'Ways of Seeing' by John Burgess. As this was a simple research task I did a small amount of internet based research as seen below, and my response is displayed in my book.

Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC four-part television series of 30 minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. Berger's scripts were adapted into a book of the same name. The series and book criticize traditional Western cultural aesthetics by raising questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. The series is partially a response to Kenneth Clark's Civilisation series, which represents a more traditionalist view of the Western artistic and cultural canon.
The book Ways of Seeing was made by Berger and Dibb, along with Sven Blomberg, Chris Fox, and Richard Hollis. [1] The book consists of seven numbered essays: four using words and images; and three essays using only images.[1] The book has contributed to feminist readings of popular culture, through essays that focus particularly on depictions of women in advertisements and oil paintings.[2] Ways of Seeing is considered a seminal text for current studies of visual culture and art history.- Wikipedia

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