By discovering why this is so, according to Berger, 'we shall discover something about ourselves. Through examples of Art History Berger shows how our very sense of sight has been transformed. 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. John Berger presents his insights on how people see. The series and book criticize traditional Western cultural aesthetics by raising questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. By Maria Popova Forty years ago this year, BBC premiered a series of four 30-minute films written and anchored by art critic and author John Berger. Berger’s scripts were adapted into a book of the same name. Ways of Seeing: John Berger’s Classic 1972 BBC Critique of Consumer Culture Gender roles, the elusive promises of advertising, and what oil painting has to do with the publicity machine. 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. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings. In this programme, John Berger questions the value we place on that tradition. A BAFTA award-winning series with John Berger, which rapidly became regarded as one of the most influential art programmes ever made. John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. With the invention of oil paint around 1400, painters were able to portray people and objects with an unprecedented degree of realism, and painting became the ideal way to celebrate private possessions. Ways of Seeing opens with an observation that is somewhat paradoxical for a written text: 'Seeing comes before words. A BAFTA award-winning series with John Berger, which rapidly became regarded as one of the most influential art programmes ever made.

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