Episode number 1 of Series “Ways of seeing”.
John Berger, art critic and author explores the ways in which we look at pictures particularly the way paintings are now most frequently seen: reproduced in the form of postcards, books, television and films. Illustrates how the images of art can be manipulated and demonstrates how they can be obscured by the false religiosity and mystification so often surrounding them.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011740
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Commercial art
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Advertising - Social aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)