In order to see it, and therefore be close to God, people had to travel to see it. Ways of Seeing, Episode 4 (1972).The Icon, representative of God, had a deeper meaning long ago.
John speaks of the advertising message and how it lessens the impact of a journalist’s article. Ways of Seeing, Episode 3 (1972).At: (accessed )Įpisode 4 goes on about how there is not much of a difference between oil paintings and publicity media. Ways of Seeing, Episode 2 (1972).At: (accessed )Įpisode 3 focuses on how paintings became the portrayal of ones possessions and how ‘Merchandise became the actual principle subject of these works.’ Berger goes on to explain how the position of women, the objects within the image (food, houses, brass ornaments) and the clothes worn, all represent the wealth and exaggerated claims. The majority of women stated that the paintings are only a reflection of men’s perception on what women should look like as they are entirely exaggerated with larger breasts as well as larger buttocks. A nude has to be seen as an object in order to be a nude.”įurther along, Berger questions various women on their contrasting opinion with nude paintings and nude photography. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for one’s self. He states the difference between being in the nude and being naked. Ways of Seeing, Episode 1 (1972).At: (accessed )Įpisode 2 discusses how ‘Women were the principle ever recurring subject in nude category,’ whereby Nudity was said to be an expression of the European Spirit. We can now isolate certain segments of a painting by zooming in on it, leaving it with an entirely different interpretation form the original. Everything around a painting, for example, used to ‘confirm and consolidate its meanings.’ But now, with the movement of film camera’s zooming in and out, and sounds around us, the real meaning provided to that painting/image has become interpreted differently. I followed Episode 1-4 using YouTube as it was easier to get a hold of.Įpisode 1 speaks of how Cameras have caused an original work of art to become transmittable-they have caused change. The book goes on mainly about Oil painting but the principal behind it can be used in photographic realm.
It focus’ on how we vision the world around us. It is a book based on the relationship between Art History and the Media. Ways of seeing was based on a BBC television series which was published in 1972.
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