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The Sense of Sight

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With this provocative and infinitely moving collection of essays, a preeminent critic of our time responds to the profound questions posed by the visual world. For when John Berger writes about Cubism, he writes not only of Braque, Léger, Picasso, and Gris, but of that incredible moment early in this century when the world converged around a marvelouis sense of promise. When he looks at the Modigiliani, he sees a man's infinite love revealed in the elongated lines of the painted figure. Ranging from the Renaissance to the conflagration of Hiroshima; from the Bosphorus to Manhattan; from the woodcarvers of a French village to Goya, Dürer, and Van Gogh; and from private experiences of love and of loss to the major political upheavals of our time , The Sense of Sight encourages us to see with the same breadth, courage, and moral engagement that its author does.

Author: John Berger (all their books in stock)
Format: Paperback
Published: 1986
Pages: 299
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 9780394742069

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