“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognises before it can speak” J.Berger
This book was brought to my intention back in University. I read it then 5 years ago and have picked it up several times since. Ways of Seeing shows you how to look at paintings, and has taught me how to read them, evaluate them and I think it has changed the way I now look at paintings.
“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled” J.Berger
Written across 7 essays, thay can be read in any order and is packed full of images to illustrate and support the text. I recommend this book to anyone who loves art, or to anyone wishing to understand art a little more.
“One of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art” J.Berger
Note: All quotes above are taken from the cover artwork of Ways of Seeing by John Berger.